[Vala] What is the internal access specification (Re: A couple of Vala questions)

[Manish Jain <jude obscure yandex com>]

On 01/29/18 07:31, Nor Jaidi Tuah wrote:
> > b) I can't make out any difference between GTK.Window and
> >
> > GTK.ApplicationWindow. Should an application's window derive from
> >
> > GTK.Window or from GTK.ApplicationWindow? They both seem to work
> >
> > perfectly same.
>
> If you're using Gtk.Application, the official doc recommends
> Gtk.ApplicationWindow even though Gtk.Window also works.
>
> https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkApplicationWindow.html
>
>
> Nice day
> Nor Jaidi Tuah

Hi Nor,

Thanks for replying to the original query. I had guessed pretty much the 
same -- use ApplicationWindow for an application's main window, and 
Window for other windows.

That leaves me struggling with the new access specifier that has popped 
up in Vala - internal. The official doc says internal means the member 
won't be available in the public API. That's pretty confusing. I can 
always declare a constructor as internal, and access it from static 
main(), which I suppose can only use the public API.

Does 'internal' hook into the Vala package system, meaning internal 
members cannot be accessed from a different package ?

--
Tx and Regards,

Manish Jain