Hello, currently, when you have `private val useMe...

# language-proposals

[louiscad]

Hello, currently, when you have private val useMe that you access in public fun callMe(…), if you want to make callMe inline, you are forced to change useMe visibility to internal and add the @PublishedApi, which has the unintended effect of letting useMe be accessed outside the file where it resides along with callMe. I don't like to leave that door open as the intention is poorly communicated IMHO.

Here's my proposal: allow @PublishedApi to target private symbols.

The API would still be published, and tools like kotlinx api validator would need to take it into account, but it'd avoid exposing something in a module where it's only intended to be used in a file. What do you think?