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# TIP 500: Private Methods and Variables in TclOO
	Author:         Donal K. Fellows <[email protected]>
	State:          Draft
	Type:           Project
	Vote:           Pending
	Created:        10-Feb-2018
	Post-History:
	Keywords:       Tcl, object orientation, visibility
	Tcl-Version:    8.7
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# Abstract

This TIP proposes a mechanism for (somewhat) private variables in TclOO.
This TIP proposes a mechanism for private methods and variables in TclOO.
Private methods are methods that can only be called from methods of the same
class. Private variables have names so that they are unlikely to be used
by subclasses by accident (but can still be used from **vwait**, Tk, etc.)

# Rationale

One of the principles of object oriented programming is that classes should be
isolated from each other. This particularly includes the isolation of a
superclass (which might be in one package) from its subclasses (in other
packages) other than for its published API. The TclOO object system in Tcl 8.6
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