From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2008-08-15T22:52:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Best way to create a helper method.

Patrick Li wrote:

> What would you guys say is the best way of creating a helper method?
> 
> module MyModule
>   def myMethod
>     #bla bla
>   end
> end
> 
> def helperMethod
>   #a helper method whose existence should not be known outside of this
> file
> end
> 
> helperMethod() shouldn't be visible from anywhere outside this file.

Can you put helperMethod inside MyModule, and make it private? I don't know if 
the language supports that.

And you may want to consider unit tests as more important than static type 
checking, to keep a program on track...

-- 
   Phlip