classes (was Re: Same again please for OOP)

[Alex Martelli]

"D-Man" <dsh8290 at rit.edu> wrote in message
news:mailman.977952911.9681.python-list at python.org...
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> However, I can't get Alex's example code to work.  I either get
> AttributeError or an infinitely recursive __getattr__.  The reason is
> if I make a class Foo that has a function __get_value, the name is
> mangled to _Foo__get_value.  If I reduce the leading underscores to
> only 1 underscore, it works fine.
>
> Have I missed something here Alex?

No, sorry, my fault -- two leading underscores without two trailing
ones do of course get mangled that way!  'Just one' works.


Alex