Finding the calling method (or caller)

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1042767154.29348.python-list at python.org>,
Chad Netzer  <cnetzer at mail.arc.nasa.gov> wrote:
>On Thursday 16 January 2003 16:56, Aahz wrote:
>>
>> Why do you want to know this?  There's likely to be a better way than
>> using sys._getframe().
>
>I use introspection techniques like this to enforce calling through the 
>"public" api, and not the private.

Why not just use methods with leading underscores?
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