Problem with coupling shared object symbol visibility with protection

[Martin Nowak via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 20 January 2015 at 12:23:32 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
> 2) Make export an attribute. If export is no longer an 
> protection level but instead an attribute this issue can easily 
> be solved by doing.
>
> export public void templateFunc(T)()
> {
>   someHelperFunc();
> }
>
> export private void someHelperFunc()
> {
>
> }

Clearly the better solution.
Export and protection have something in common but are not 
identical.