Items Visibility

By default, items are private to their module. Use pub to make them visible externally.

pub struct Config {
    pub host: String;
    pub port: uint16;
    apiKey: String;  // private field
}

pub func NewConfig(host: String, port: uint16) -> Config {
    // Code here
}

Visibility applies independently to a type and to each of its fields. In Config above, the struct and its host/port fields are public, while apiKey stays private — code outside the module can construct and read a Config but cannot touch apiKey.

Only pub items can be reached through a qualified path or brought in with import.

See Also

• Module Declaration — the namespaces pub exports from
• Import — consuming exported items