Private: (Access Control)

Specifies private member access control in a Type or Class

Syntax
   Type typename
      Private:
         member declarations
   End Type

Parameters
   typename
      name of the Type or Class
   member declarations
      declarations for fields, functions, or enumerations

Description
   Private: indicates that member declarations following it have private 
   access.
   Private members are accessible only from inside a member procedure of 
   their Type or Class. Seen from inside such a member procedure, it is as 
   if the protected member is in fact public, and that regardless of the 
   object on which the access operator is applied.

   member declarations following Private: are private until a different 
   access control specifier is given, like Public: or Protected:.

   Members in a Type declaration are Public: by default if no member access 
   control specifier is given.

Example
   Type testing
     number As Integer
     Private:
      nome As String
     Declare Sub setNome( ByRef newnome As String )
   End Type

   Sub testing.setnome( ByRef newnome As String )
     '' This is OK. We're inside a member function for the type
     this.nome = newnome
   End Sub

   Dim As testing myVariable

   '' This is OK, number is public
   myVariable.number = 69

   '' this would generate a compile error 
   '' - nome is private and we're trying to access it outside any of this TYPE's member functions 
   '' myVariable.nome = "FreeBASIC"

Dialect Differences
   * Available only in the -lang fb dialect.

Differences from QB
   * New to FreeBASIC

See also
   * Private
   * Public: (Access Control)
   * Protected: (Access Control)
   * Type

