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Why submethods (Score:2)

by Damian (784)

To be fair, Damian responded to my query, but he didn't answer my question. He gave more an example of how submethods are used, rather than why they are used.

Subroutines are useful inside classes, for factoring class-specific implementation details out of the class's methods. The main reason they're useful is because they're not part of the object interface, and are not inherited. So they can be used purely as encapsulated implementation.
But factoring method implementations out into a subroutines

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