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Re: Private methods

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On 2012-10-10, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 10/10/2012 16:56, Ramchandra Apte wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:38:04 UTC+5:30, Roy Smith  wrote:
>>> Public: I hereby declare that this method or attribute is part of the
>>> promised never to change interface of this class.  I might possibly
>>> break that promise at some point in the future, but if I do, you have
>>> the right to bitch and whine about it, and I'm morally obligated to at
>>> least pretend I care.
>>>
>>> Private: I hereby declare that this method or attribute is something I
>>> needed to have for my own purposes, and is officially hidden inside my
>>> kimono.  Like all things inside my kimono, you may speculate about their
>>> existence all you want, but you touch them at your own peril.  I may
>>> change them at some point in the future, and while you can bitch and
>>> whine about it all you want, I'm not listening.
>>
>> Uhum. Language please.
>
> What language?

Perhaps he didn't like the kimono metaphor?

I always though the kimono metaphore as commonly used by MBA/sales
types was a little unseemly (but then most of what those types say is,
regardless of language or metaphor).

> Further the original was readable, your use of CrapMail made life
> difficult until I stripped the superfluous newlines out.  Is it
> really so awkward to equip yourself with a semi-decent mail reader?
> Like Thunderbird, hint, hint :)

You're tilting at windmills.

Just give up and filter out all postings with a messageid ending in
'@googlegroups.com'.  I find that solves all sorts of problems...

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Private methods real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) - 2012-10-09 14:24 +0100
  Re: Private methods Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-09 14:51 +0100
    Re: Private methods real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) - 2012-10-09 14:59 +0100
      Re: Private methods Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 07:08 -0700
      Re: Private methods Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 15:12 +0100
      Re: Private methods Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-10-09 09:21 -0500
      Re: Private methods Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 11:08 -0600
        Re: Private methods Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-09 23:51 +0000
          Re: Private methods Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 17:26 -0700
            Re: Private methods real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) - 2012-10-10 08:03 +0100
              Re: Private methods alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-10-10 18:34 -0700
                Re: Private methods Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-11 02:08 +0000
                Re: Private methods Dieter Maurer <dieter@handshake.de> - 2012-10-11 08:04 +0200
          Re: Private methods Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-10-10 13:47 +0100
          Re: Private methods Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-01 16:45 -0600
      Re: Private methods Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-10-10 09:08 -0400
        Re: Private methods Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-10-10 08:56 -0700
          Re: Private methods Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-10 17:13 +0100
            Re: Private methods Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-10 16:30 +0000
            Re: Private methods alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-10-10 18:39 -0700
  Re: Private methods 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-10-10 20:11 -0700

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