Why kotlin default modifier is public?

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[Byeol]

Why kotlin default modifier is public?

[AndreyVanDenHaag]

Do you ask about the method modifier ? Class modifier ? variable modifier ?

[Byeol]

Method and variable

[Robert Williams]

Explained here: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2015/09/kotlin-m13-is-out/#Visibilities

[Robert Williams]

Pretty interesting follow-up discussion here: https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlins-default-visibility-should-be-internal/1400

[mkrussel]

This contains why they switched from internal to public.

https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/a-bit-about-picking-defaults/1418

[Richard Gomez]

I'm glad things are public by default instead of package private. I still wish there was a package private visibility.