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Author terry.reedy
Recipients LucianU, docs@python, eric.araujo, meatballhat, skip.montanaro, terry.reedy
Date 2010-05-07.22:35:33
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Double underscore name mangling is for avoiding name clashes with base classes, not for 'private attributes'. This is such an advanced and rarely used feature that it hardly seems appropriate for the tutorial.
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Date User Action Args
2010-05-07 22:35:49terry.reedysetrecipients: + terry.reedy, skip.montanaro, eric.araujo, meatballhat, LucianU, docs@python
2010-05-07 22:35:35terry.reedysetmessageid: <1273271735.96.0.800586648716.issue8638@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-05-07 22:35:34terry.reedylinkissue8638 messages
2010-05-07 22:35:33terry.reedycreate