On 2008-06-04, NickC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 4, 4:09 am, "Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What is it about leading underscores that bothers me? To me, they are >> like a small pebble in your shoe while you are on a hike. Yes, you can >> live with it, and it does no harm, but you still want to get rid of it. > > With leading underscores, you can see *at the point of dereference* > that the code is accessing private data.
But the leading underscore doesn't tell you whether it is your own private date, which you can use a you see fit, or those of someone else, which you have to be very carefull with. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
