make ”private” the default

[PaperPrototype]

One less keyword to have to deal with. It’s more like go

[avivcarmis]

@PaperPrototype It's more like go but also more fragmented, at least if we allow both implicit private and explicit private. I can see how you have public and package modifiers (without private) and everything else is private. This is only very similar to go in the sense that there is only one way to express private. However, wouldn't it be clearer and easier to understand if every symbol had a visibility modifier without any implicit assumptions?

[PaperPrototype]

@avivcarmis

However, wouldn't it be clearer and easier to understand if every symbol had a visibility modifier without any implicit assumptions?

No, I really believe that it would be very easy to understand, everything is private by default. It's a simple rule as long as there are not exceptions (which there shouldn't be). I wish more languages did that tbh. Like C# has private by default, but then also has private?! I'm like what the hell..

Also, an idea is to make things immutable by default like rust, and introduce a mut keyword... haha, but thats for another issue

[avivcarmis]

Let's do it. Omit private keyword, make everything private by default. Will you be able to open a PR updating the visibility section in the spec here ? That's simply updating the readme file in this repo.

[avivcarmis]

@PaperPrototype regarding const assignments, there's a open discussion here. Please weigh in so we could make a decision

[avivcarmis]

GG