# Why doesn’t Julia offer built-in privacy/encapsulation features?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-doesn-t-julia-offer-built-in-privacy-encapsulation-features/124666>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, internals, encapsulation, privacy\
**Created:** [January 11, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-doesn-t-julia-offer-built-in-privacy-encapsulation-features/124666 "2025-01-11T09:36:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-doesn-t-julia-offer-built-in-privacy-encapsulation-features/124666/10 "2025-01-11T17:10:12Z")

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> [@younes](#):
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> So, is there a deeper reason why Julia can’t (or shouldn’t) offer **an opt-in privacy model**?

@StefanKarpinski’s post in a related thread may give some insight into the underlying philosophy: [Private states in Julia modules - #19 by StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/private-states-in-julia-modules/1312/19)

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