2011/4/28 heyi xiao <xiaohey...@yahoo.com>:
> Hello all,
> In the source code of some bioperl modules, I saw method names start with 
> "_". For instance, _print, in the following lines:
> $self->_print($buff);
> $self->_print("\n");
>

These generally mean internal methods, but you could also call them
from external package.
They may be inherited from the parent class since you didn't see the definition.

Regards.

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