Sandworth Meb wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to be able to have something like:
> A class with a private method "jim" which can be called on objects of
> the class, when self is the class.
> 
[snip]
> Kam.call_private #exception: called private method
> 
> Since this doesn't work, is something like this possible? Or is this
> sort of thing supposed to be bad design? It seems natural enough to me.

It seems to me like what you're looking for is "protected", not private

Daniel