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Re:Public/protected/private is an unnecessary feature by dustbunny on Friday June 20, 2025 @12:55AM (#44324851)
It's telling that you worded this as a writer of an API, not as a consumer.

Note that only a consumer of your apis can evaluate how well designed they are.

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Re:Public/protected/private is an unnecessary feature by rk06 on Friday June 20, 2025 @01:07AM (#44324898)
Yeah, I am sure that some fo the users may have higher skill set than authors. But majority of users suck at designing. And would add more fuel to the problems. And any refactoring efforts
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Re:Public/protected/private is an unnecessary feature by throw-the-towel on Friday June 20, 2025 @01:21PM (#44329874)
I think this is not about your skill set, this is about use cases that the author of the library could not anticipate.
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