[Gambas-user] Public and Private SUB in modules

[Fabien Bodard]

It can be masked by adding an underscore at the beginning of the event name
Le 20 déc. 2012 11:38, "Benoît Minisini" <gambas at ...1...> a
écrit :

> 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.
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini
>
>
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