On May 26, 2:49 pm, "Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am also bothered a bit by the seeming inconsistency of the rules for > the single underscore. When used at file scope, they make the variable > or function invisible outside the module, but when used at class > scope, the "underscored" variables or functions are still fully > visible. For those who claim that the client should be left to decide > what to use, why is the client prohibited from using underscored > variables at file scope?
They aren't - the only thing that won't see the underscore prefixed names is "from x import *". If you do "import x" instead, all the underscored names will be accessible as attributes of the module. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
