Private over Fileprivate

Prefer private over fileprivate declarations

• Identifier: private_over_fileprivate
• Enabled by default: Yes
• Supports autocorrection: Yes
• Kind: idiomatic
• Analyzer rule: No
• Minimum Swift compiler version: 5.0.0
• Default configuration:

  Key	Value
  severity	warning
  validate_extensions	false

Non Triggering Examples

extension String {}

private extension String {}

public protocol P {}

open extension 
 String {}

internal extension String {}

package typealias P = Int

extension String {
  fileprivate func Something(){}
}

class MyClass {
  fileprivate let myInt = 4
}

actor MyActor {
  fileprivate let myInt = 4
}

class MyClass {
  fileprivate(set) var myInt = 4
}

struct Outer {
  struct Inter {
    fileprivate struct Inner {}
  }
}

Triggering Examples

↓fileprivate enum MyEnum {}

↓fileprivate class MyClass {
  fileprivate(set) var myInt = 4
}

↓fileprivate actor MyActor {
  fileprivate let myInt = 4
}

    ↓fileprivate func f() {}
    ↓fileprivate var x = 0