From: Avdi Grimm <avdi@...>
Date: 2008-04-25T23:38:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there any nomenclature for private methods?

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:
>  I don't ever use private or protected, but I do use that naming convention
> to convey the notion. Don't use double-underscore, that's basically
> considered reserved.
>
>
>   def _think_twice_before_calling
>     ...
>   end

Good lord, one of the [smaller] reasons I enjoy coding Ruby over
Python is avoiding that kind of ugliness.  May I ask *why* you would
prefer that over real private/protected?

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