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by colejohnson66 253 days ago
Because Objective-C doesn’t have access controls. If a method exists, you can call it. A "private" API is just an undocumented one.
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LeoNatan25 253 days ago
Given enough motivation, access control is irrelevant too. See early Windows "private" API that was used for decades and Microsoft supported despite being "private", because they knew it was being used and they (used to) care about their users.
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