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Bug 740068 - access modifier don't work with namespace
access modifier don't work with namespace
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: vala
Classification: Core
Component: Semantic Analyzer
unspecified
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Vala maintainers
Vala maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-11-13 15:10 UTC by alsoijw
Modified: 2018-05-22 15:19 UTC
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Description alsoijw 2014-11-13 15:10:51 UTC 
I can access to private member of namecpace. I can compile this code.

namespace GUI
{
	private int a;
}

void main()
{
	GUI.a = 5;
}

I use vala 0.26

English isn't my native language. If I make a mistake, please correct me.
Comment 1 Luca Bruno 2014-11-13 21:13:32 UTC 
This is expected. Due to Vala->C semantics, namespaces are to be considered just... a namespace, and not an isolated module.
Comment 2 alsoijw 2014-11-14 14:05:07 UTC 
Excuse me. I do not understand. It is normal? I think, that members in namespaces should are encapsulated.
Comment 3 alsoijw 2014-11-14 14:06:44 UTC 
> It is normal?

Is it normal?
Comment 4 Luca Bruno 2014-11-14 14:08:56 UTC 
No they are not. It's just a namespace, a space of names. NOT a module. Instead of writing Foo_bar, you can write Foo.bar.
Comment 5 Ben 2015-09-25 00:26:28 UTC 
According to the spec, this should not be possible. 
http://www.vala-project.org/doc/vala-draft/namespaces.html
Comment 6 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer 2018-02-26 07:49:37 UTC 
Ben and the OP are correct. There is definitely a mismatch between the compiler and the documentation here. We should either fix the documentation or

* implement access control on namespace level,
* forbid using access modifiers for namespaces,
* and/or warn that access modifiers are not (yet) honored.
Comment 7 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-22 15:19:56 UTC 
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