[Python-Dev] PEP 8 and optional underscores

[Benjamin Peterson]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Benjamin Peterson
> <musiccomposition at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>>>>   Nick>      def getName(self):
>>>>   Nick>          assert self.__initialized, "Thread.__init__() not called"
>>>>   Nick>          return self.__name
>>>
>>> Why is __name private to begin with?  Any reason for the getters and
>>> setters?  Why isn't this just an attribute?
>>
>> In 3.x, it's just an attribute.
>
> Oh, is it? Where's the PEP with the API redesign? Did I miss some kind
> of decision-making process, weighing compatibility concerns against
> other issues?

meaning that it only has one underscore. They methods still live.

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Cheers,
Benjamin Peterson
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