A still sensible question about _ and :=

Richard A. O'Keefe ok at atlas.otago.ac.nz
Tue Apr 24 02:03:57 UTC 2001


Ross Boylan <RossBoylan at stanfordalumni.org>
	I'd like to add my vote for keeping _ available for other uses.  In 
	particular, in some circles (including me), _method is an indicator of a 
	"private" method.  I know that one can use protocols to identify private 
	methods, but I find that a bit awkward.
	
Are those Smalltalk circles?
It's technically illegal in C++ and strongly deprecated in Java.

It would be nice to have private methods whose privacy was enforced.
	





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