That reminds me of a quote from some Perl documentation[1]:
> Perl does not enforce private and public parts of its modules as you may have been used to in other languages like C++, Ada, or Modula-17. Perl doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not because it has a shotgun.
It's not exactly the same situation, but the point is, at the end of the day, you need to be able to rely on the people involved being willing to act reasonable. If you can't, then you're going to have problems.
> Perl does not enforce private and public parts of its modules as you may have been used to in other languages like C++, Ada, or Modula-17. Perl doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not because it has a shotgun.
It's not exactly the same situation, but the point is, at the end of the day, you need to be able to rely on the people involved being willing to act reasonable. If you can't, then you're going to have problems.
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[1] https://perldoc.perl.org/perlmodlib