Understand `_html_output()` from Django Forms Source Code

Question

Below source code is from django/forms/forms.py

class BaseForm(RenderableFormMixin):
    def _html_output(self, normal_row, error_row, row_ender, help_text_html, errors_on_separate_row):
    "Output HTML. Used by as_table(), as_ul(), as_p()."

How is this private method _html_output() used / invoked by as_table(), as_ul(), as_p() please ? I did not find out from the source code.

Please read about [private methods in python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70528/why-are-pythons-private-methods-not-actually-private) — Ankit Tiwari, Dec 24 '21 at 07:45
thanks for sharing, I reviewed the link you shared, which does not clear my confusion. I believe that I understand how `private method` work and how to use it. As per my understanding, when any `methods` use `private methods`, they should explicitly invoke `private methods` during method definition. But I did not find that in the source code. — Yan Tian, Dec 24 '21 at 08:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '21 at 07:54

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The method is no longer used

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/4.0/#id2

Since form rendering now uses the template engine, the undocumented BaseForm._html_output() helper method is deprecated

answered Dec 24 '21 at 07:54

Iain Shelvington

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Understand `_html_output()` from Django Forms Source Code

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