That's... self-contradictory. Your edit is in complete agreement with me.
Baseline working relationship has trust and respect: "should be private"
Otherwise: "This is supposed to be encapsulated. Please make this variable private."
Stilted, formal, directive language is not a hallmark of a healthy working relationship, and the number of replies to my comment here that seem to take the opposite position... is not encouraging.
Baseline working relationship has trust and respect: "should be private"
Otherwise: "This is supposed to be encapsulated. Please make this variable private."
Stilted, formal, directive language is not a hallmark of a healthy working relationship, and the number of replies to my comment here that seem to take the opposite position... is not encouraging.