Justin Regele wrote:
> As of Python25, there is no thing as a 'private' method, although the
> _method() convention is what is generally used.
>
> also, staticmethod(objfunc) is used to make a method static. don't
> know if yo already know this. rather an annoying way of doing it.
class Static(object):
@staticmethod
def method():
print 'this is a static method'
Static.staticmethod()
Not that you need them in Python - functions or class methods
(@classmethod) are almost always better.
Michael
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Michael Foord
> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk <mailto:fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>> wrote:
>
> Elise Langham (Elanit) wrote:
>
>
> How can i define some functions within a module as private ?
>
> Do i need to make them part of a static class ? or is this
> this not possible?
>
>
> The convention is to start their names with an underscore. That
> will tell other developers not to call them directly.
>
> Michael
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Elise
>
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