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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces |
| Date | Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:00:58 +0000 (UTC) |
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On 2012-10-29, Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 29.10.2012 17:47, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> The usual convention for private methods is a leading underscore on the name:
>
> Yup, that's what I'm using.
>
>> It's only a convention, though; it doesn't make it "hard" to call
>> them, it just sends the message "this is private, I don't promise that
>> it'll be stable across versions".
>
> Yes, I know. But it's good enough. I don't want to restrict the use
> under all circumstances, just make it clear to the user what she is
> supposed to use and what not.
The single underscore indicates that the user is not to use the
method.
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Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2012-10-29 17:33 +0100
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 16:41 +0000
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2012-10-29 09:41 -0700
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-30 03:47 +1100
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2012-10-29 17:58 +0100
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-29 10:03 -0700
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-29 18:00 +0000
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 13:09 -0600
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-29 16:52 +0000
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2012-10-29 18:01 +0100
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-29 18:17 +0100
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-29 18:06 +0100
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-29 22:37 +0000
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 18:37 -0700
Re: Nice solution wanted: Hide internal interfaces andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-10-30 14:15 +0000
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