Private metods as my*?

> Greetings,
>
> I'm trying to fill in the gaps in my Smalltalk knowledge and so am  
> going through some of the free books (thanks, Steph!). Right now  
> I'm looking at "Smalltalk By Example" where it talks about the  
> absence of private messages. (I've run up against methods that were  
> private I've needed so much in other langauges that I'm not a big  
> fan of the concept, but that aside...)
>
> Anyway, it suggests using a my- prefix for privates and an fr- for  
> friends (or "protected", I guess).
>
> Thoughts?

> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:24:25 -0800, Bert Freudenberg  
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> I've never seen a "fr" prefix, and seldomly a "my". To emphasize  
>> privacy, "private" seems to be the most common prefix (just check  
>> a regular image).
>>
>> There is also a private prefix that is even enforced by the  
>> compiler: "pvt". It will only allow to send this to "self". This  
>> should only be used in highly sensitive places, if at all.
>
> Thanks, Bert.
>
> So, that's a commonly held value in Smalltalk, i.e., privates  
> should be severely limited if used at all? (I highly incline that  
> way myself.)

>>> There is also a private prefix that is even enforced by the compiler:  
>>> "pvt". It will only allow to send this to "self". This should only be  
>>> used in highly sensitive places, if at all.
>>
>> Thanks, Bert.
>>
>> So, that's a commonly held value in Smalltalk, i.e., privates should be  
>> severely limited if used at all? (I highly incline that way myself.)
>
> Well, usually they are just put in a "private" category. Also, a  
> selector like like "setX:" indicates that this is not a generic  
> accessor, because that one would be "x:".

>
> On Feb 27, 2007, at 22:05 , Blake wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>>     I'm trying to fill in the gaps in my Smalltalk knowledge and so
>> am  going through some of the free books (thanks, Steph!). Right now  
>> I'm looking at "Smalltalk By Example" where it talks about the  
>> absence of private messages. (I've run up against methods that were  
>> private I've needed so much in other langauges that I'm not a big  
>> fan of the concept, but that aside...)
>>
>>     Anyway, it suggests using a my- prefix for privates and an fr-
>> for  friends (or "protected", I guess).
>>
>>     Thoughts?
>
>
> I've never seen a "fr" prefix, and seldomly a "my". To emphasize  
> privacy, "private" seems to be the most common prefix (just check a  
> regular image).
>
> There is also a private prefix that is even enforced by the compiler:  
> "pvt". It will only allow to send this to "self". This should only be  
> used in highly sensitive places, if at all.
>
> - Bert -
>
>
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