The DEFPRIVATE Statement

Synopsis:
<(DEFPRIVATE name class type-expr documentation {arg-def})>

This statement behaves like the DEFMETHOD statement (see page ), with the exception that the generated C function gets Private appended to its name, and the function documentation is not marked to be TACable, but rather to be a local one (this is done with the ***FL documentation comment).

Note: The intention of VOOPS' private methods is just to hide internal methods which should not be used publicly and prevent their documentation to appear in a general user documentation, but rather make it appear in an internal programmer's reference manual.