PEP 318: Can't we all just get along?

[Anthony Baxter]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:52:38 -0400, Paul Morrow <pm_mon at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Look, name-mangling is horrid, and I don't think anyone's defending it. But
> > at the same time, "name mangling is there" is not an argument for extending
> > the horror to a whole new level.
> >
> > Name mangling only occurs when you create a method with two leading
> > underscores, and no trailing ones. Your proposal would hit _every_ _single_
> > 'def'. It's nasty, it's unpythonic, and there's approximately _zero_ chance of
> > it ever going into the language. Having said that, it's perfectly feasible to do
> > it with a metaclass, and if you want to use it in your code, please, feel free.
> 
> You didn't follow that one with a smiley either... :-)

That's because I wasn't joking, at all. Look, your idea is a _bad_ one. Numerous
people have pointed out why. Let it die.