private methods: your opinion wanted
Karl Ramberg
karl.ramberg at chello.se
Wed Aug 28 05:02:38 UTC 2002
yampa at mindspring.com wrote:
>
> Squeak has a way to create private methods by using a method name with "pvt"
> at the beginning. About six methods actually use this, so it isn't common.
>
> I am working on some code that I will release to the public. I expect that
> the code will be used and modified by more than just myself. I think private
> methods would help with maintaining the code, and understanding it, especially
> for those who didn't write the code. But so few programmers have used private
> methods that I wonder if Squeakers care about it, or would find it distracting
> if they see it in one place and almost nowhere else in the image.
>
> So my question is, should I create public/private methods for this code?
I think private methods usually are in the private category, and not
necessary
have a selector name indicating it's private.
Karl
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