Should you use the private access modifier if it's redundant? [closed]

Answer 1

I always prefer to be explicit, even if it is redundant. This provides built-in code comments and can be helpful for the next guy, especially if he's a noob. :-)

Answer 2

I like to be super-explicit usually. I will go for specifying "private" always. However there is another reason : Programmers coming from programming languages where the default visibility is NOT private but public, for example PHP.