[Gambas-user] Public and Private SUB in modules

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Hi,

just a question to understand this phenomenon better:

Why do event-SUBs have to be Public? It seems to me as if they don't run 
if I make them Private.

For example, I have a module which handles an event-driven thing (like 
printing). I want to have all SUBs and Functions within this module to 
be invisible to the outside, and only those which directly communicate 
to the outer world should be Public. Thus when I am in another part of 
the program, the completion lists will only list those which actually 
play a role to outside the module.

When I change myPrinter_Draw from Public to Private, it will not run 
anymore, however (just tried this). So I wonder why this is so, or in 
other words: why is it required to be Public to be found from within its 
own module?

Thanks for your insights!

Rolf