# \[Pitch\] New access control for access inside type from other files

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-new-access-control-for-access-inside-type-from-other-files/54051>\
**Category:** Pitches\
**Created:** [December 14, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-new-access-control-for-access-inside-type-from-other-files/54051 "2021-12-14T17:06:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![tera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/tera/32/38201_2.png) [@tera](https://forums.swift.org/u/tera)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-new-access-control-for-access-inside-type-from-other-files/54051/6 "2021-12-15T22:19:20Z")

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This is a very frequently made suggestion, e.g. [the latest example](https://forums.swift.org/t/calling-private-methods-from-extensions-in-separate-files/).

The frequency of this feature request suggests there's some room for improvement, at least for those of us who are from "everything must be private by default" school of thought.

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