[Gambas-user] Public and Private SUB in modules

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 20/12/2012 11:27, Rolf-Werner Eilert a écrit :
> 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
>

"Public" means "can be accessed from the outside". So, as an event 
handler needs to be accessed from the outside by definition (the event 
comes from another object), it has to be public.

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Benoît Minisini