[libvirt] [PATCH 07/16] Change all internal functions that use __METHOD to use _METHOD. __METHOD's.

Daniel J Walsh dwalsh at redhat.com
Wed Apr 3 14:11:02 UTC 2013


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On 04/03/2013 07:28 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 06:11:23PM -0400, Dan Walsh wrote:
>> Python makes assumptions about __METHOD names that will break some of
>> the other patches that I am adding, involving inheritance of classes.
>> The _METHODS are treated the same as any methods, but still give
>> maintainers an idea that they should not be used.
> 
> None of this code is public API, so I'm not sure there's any point in even
> using '_' - everything is internal. So I'd just remove all use of leading
> '_' in method names.
> 
> Daniel
> 
I was using them more as an indicator to myself and future maintainers which
interfaces to use publicly.
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