Hi, On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 9:11 PM Doug Kearns <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 13:18, Yegappan Lakshmanan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> The following item is in the todo.txt file for implementing private >> methods in a class: >> >> - Private methods? >> either: private def Func() >> or: def _Func() >> Perhaps use "private" keyword instead of "_" prefix? >> >> Function and method names always start with an uppercase letter. So >> if we use the >> "_" prefix for a private method name then it will diverge from that. So I >> have >> implemented this using the "private" keyword. >> >> Any opinions? > > > Thanks very much for keeping the ball rolling on this. > > For others, there was some previous discussion[1] about it on the list when > Bram asked for opinions. > My recollection is that both you and he were in favour of the "_" prefix for > call-site identification purposes? >
Yes. > > My personal preference would be for the modifier keyword with a symmetric, > even if possibly redundant, "public". > I think this is justifiable on the grounds of it meeting the "less weird" > requirement for Vim9 script. > While I'm sure there are others, JavaScript is the only language I can think > of off the top of my head > that defaults to public and uses a sigil for private access. > Thanks for forwarding the email thread. I totally forgot about that discussion. It is unfortunate there was no conclusion at the end of that thread that we can refer to. Regards, Yegappan > Thanks again, > Doug > > 1. https://groups.google.com/g/vim_dev/c/yYpFNUHdRho/m/xjgrKqMoBQAJ?pli=1 > > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CAAW7x7%3DanbqeJ9MjoZyP71zsXYPP5bT7%2BQwTB2E0JXvAaj%3DTFQ%40mail.gmail.com.
