From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-07-02T23:33:00+09:00
Subject: Re: package protected methods

"Lyle Johnson" <jlj@cfdrc.com> writes:

> "Matthias Veit" <matthias_veit@yahoo.de> wrote in message
> news:20020702110250.5019a71b.matthias_veit@yahoo.de...
> >
> > is there a possibility to gain a visibility like java's
> > package protection construct:
> > classes in the same module (or class) can access methods,
> > that are not visible from outside the package.
> 
> A timely question ;) I'm looking for something like this too. There are
> certain methods that should only be visible to other classes in the same
> module (package) but private outside of that package.

Even better would be "friend on steroids", so I could say

   friend "db/*", "Test*"

which would give me package level protection and also the ability to
have test classes poke around inside my classes.


Dave