> linters will flag protected member access Sometimes you've got internal code. Sometimes people use it. Communicating which code is internal helps people avoi

> linters will flag protected member access Sometimes you've got internal code. Sometimes people use it. Communicating which code is internal helps people avoid depending on it. Allowing people to access internals allows them to decide if it's worth the risk, and sometimes it is worth the risk. Tooling support makes it easier to work with this model.