On 2012-10-29, Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsdu...@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. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I am covered with at pure vegetable oil and I am gmail.com writing a best seller! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list