On 2008-06-04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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 > > Well how is that different from public accessor and mutators of > private variables?
Public accessor and mutators for private variables is a bad idea. So I don't understand what point you are trying to make by suggesting that the use of an underscore is just like it in this regard. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list