On 2007-02-02, Toby A Inkster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mizipzor wrote: >> One thing is that in c++ im used to have private members in >> classes and no member is altered except through the public >> functions of the class. > > By convention, class members starting with a single underscore > are considered private.
An important consideration is that this convention is simply a lower level of enforcement than C++ provides. Private members in C++ are accessible if you use pointers. > Class members starting with a double underscore are "mangled" > which makes it more difficult for other code (even subclasses!) > to access the member. Difficult though -- not impossible. I think it's best to never use such names in new code. Python's mangling is troubled, since it uses unqualified names in the mangle, resulting in ambiguity. -- Neil Cerutti Ushers will eat latecomers. --Church Bulletin Blooper -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
