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Re: private routines in mathematica 6 packages?

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg81047] Re: private routines in mathematica 6 packages?
• From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
• Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 06:14:23 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <fbqqme$79m$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Sep 7, 1:22 am, Tanim Islam <tanim.is... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How do I make certain functions within a mathematica package private or
> protected? By private or protected, I mean that these functions cannot be
> called directly by the user in a mathematica notebook.
>
> Tanim Islam

that's not really possible

however, if you follow the standard practice of having a private
context in your package, the functions therein will not get in the way
of users