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I hardly ever use external libraries so luckily don't have that problem, but I don't think it's a widespread issue :/ If you really want access to a private I'm

by axod 17y ago

I hardly ever use external libraries so luckily don't have that problem, but I don't think it's a widespread issue :/ If you really want access to a private I'm sure you could work out a way. >> "It can call any code any time it likes, but it shouldn't" Sure but it's nice to have a lock on the door that says "I can say with 100% certainty that this code will not be called from anywhere else". That's a pretty useful feature to have.

jrockway 17y ago
Nice for you, but not nice for anyone else.
chromatic 17y ago
That's only a nice feature until you pull out the Decorator or Adapter patterns to get around some class marked `final` in a library somewhere you can't modify and for which you have to appease the type system because classes do not imply interfaces.