In this case, the leading underscore is more to ensure the format attribute doesn't clash with any possible field names (which are also accessed as attributes of the table object).
Anthony On Thursday, August 28, 2014 8:31:22 AM UTC-4, Richard Penman wrote: > > I ask because typically a leading underscore would indicate a private > method. > On Aug 28, 2014 2:21 PM, "Anthony" <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's it. >> >> On Thursday, August 28, 2014 3:59:48 AM UTC-4, Richard Penman wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> my database table defines 'format' - what is the proper way to use this >>> in a view? >>> Currently I have been using what I found in internals of SQLFORM: >>> db.tablename._format(record) >>> Richard >>> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/XX3s-FBTVk4/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
