# Private Keyword

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-keyword/279727
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 18, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-keyword/279727 "2009-01-18T14:40:49Z")
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### Author: ![Professor\_Rhyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Professor\_Rhyth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Professor_Rhyth)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-keyword/279727/1 "2009-01-18T14:40:49Z")

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What is the point in the private keyword. A variable I can’t access I could just choose not to read in the first place, surely? Who cares?