On 2017-02-28 20:46, Johan S. H. Rosenkilde wrote:
In that case, it
could be seen as an implementation detail that objects have the _pari
method, and private would be apt.
Yes, it's an "implementation detail" but it's not "private".
I would say it's a public implementation detail: something that users
shouldn't need to know but something that package developers should know
and can rely on. A private name like "_pari" would imply that we can
remove/change it at will, which is not applicable in this case.
I think this is exactly like Python's special methods such as __init__:
as a user, you would normally not call these but they are very important
when developing a class.
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