Lennart Regebro wrote at 2003-2-1 15:48 +0100:
 >  From: "Max M" <maxm@[...].dk>
 >  > Sorry but I don't see that. How on earth are you suposed to add an
 >  > object to an objectmanager, if you don't use _setObject() ??
 >  
 >  You use another method that in turn calls _setObject.
 >  
 >  Now you may argue that there should be a public method that does the same,
 >  but that is strictly another question.
 >  
 >  > Every time you make an object that subclasses ObjectManager, wich is
 >  > often, you need to use that function. That can hardly be called private.
 >  
 >  It depends on what you define as "private". I have never seen the use of
 >  shielding a method from future subclasses of a class. It only causes
 >  problems and unessecary restrictions. For me, private means that you shield
 >  it from use outside of the object, not from your subclasses.
Some more notes about "private".

   "private" as used in Zope is not the "private used in C++ (or Java)".

   In Python, "C++'s private" is emulated by names starting with "__"
   (and not ending in "__"). Such attributes can not be
   (easily) accessed by subclasses.

   Zope's private means "cannot be used by TTW code".


Dieter

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