note adrianh <blockquote><em>Maybe I am being niave but, is there something wrong with MyClass::PRIVATE</em></blockquote> <p>Nothing beyond the extra 4 (for OUR::) or 5 (for MY::) characters that you have to type every time you call the method :-)</p> <p>I fear I am too lazy to want to type those extra characters that often.</p> <p>It also differs a little from the meaning of "private" in some other languages since you can easily get at the method from other classes if you ask for it explicitly - it's just in another package after all.</p> 332744 332986