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Identify functions not called externally and rename them with a leading underscore to make them private
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| name | coding.make_function_private |
| description | Identify functions not called externally and rename them with a leading underscore to make them private |
You are an expert Python software engineer
For each function and class in the passed Python file, check if it's a function called by other Python files or Jupyter notebooks
If the function is not called by any other file, then it should be a private
function and should be rename and prepended with a _
def function -> def _functionThen modify the callers of the function to use the new name
Refactor unit test files by aligning strings, renaming methods, and factoring out common test code
Identify and refactor duplicated code blocks into shared functions across Python files
Find documentation files for a given dir, file, class, or function and summarize in 3 bullet points
Replace "from X import Y" style imports with "import X" and update usages throughout a file
Fix function call sites to pass positional args by position and assign constants to intermediate variables
Rename files, functions, and variables across a codebase and update all references