> > If they're to be respected at all, private properties have to be weird > > and local. > > I think we are all in agreement about that!
I'd like to agree, but I fear that -- in lieu of an existing public property -- driver writers will simply add private properties for things that ultimately end up becoming quite common. We've already seen this with jumbograms. > and in keeping with the "weird and local" spirit, I'm proposing > that their namespace be a little weird too - is there any objection > to requiring that names of private properties start with "_" (the > underscore)? That's OK by me. -- meem
