{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/phetsims/axon/issues/75","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/phetsims/axon/issues/75/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/phetsims/axon/issues/75/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/phetsims/axon/issues/75/events","html_url":"https://github.com/phetsims/axon/issues/75","id":114329251,"number":75,"title":"delete Property._set ?","user":{"login":"pixelzoom","id":3046552,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3046552?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom","html_url":"https://github.com/pixelzoom","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pixelzoom/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-10-30T18:35:26Z","updated_at":"2015-10-30T18:35:26Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Here's the current jsdoc for Property._set:\r\n\r\n```js\r\n     /**\r\n       * This function returns a bound function that sets the specified value.  For use in creating closures e.g. with gui classes.\r\n       * For instance, to have a button that sets a property to true, instead of using\r\n       * button.click(function(){property.set(true);});\r\n       * you could use\r\n       * button.click(property._set(true));\r\n       * @param value the value to use when the setter is called.\r\n       * @return a function that can be used to set the specified value.\r\n       * @public TODO really?\r\n       */\r\n      _set: function( value ) {\r\n        return this.set.bind( this, value );\r\n      },\r\n```\r\n\r\nNo function prefixed with underscore should be public.  And I see zero uses of this. Can we delete this?   If a client really needs to do this, they can handle the bind themselves.\r\n"}}