Why does python class have not private methods? Will this never changed?

[Roy Smith]

In article <ELednQVBIIDbmvjfRVn-1A at powergate.ca>,
Peter Hansen  <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
>Roy Smith wrote:
>>  Simon Brunning <simon.brunning at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On 4/19/05, could ildg <could.net at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>Private stuff always makes programming much easier.
>>>
>>>That contention is, at best, debatable. See
>>>http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/b977ed1312e10b21.
>> 
>> Nice essay.  Now, for another look at the same issue...
>> http://thedailywtf.com/forums/32534/ShowPost.aspx
>
>Where in the original posting or in the 86 replies
>in that massive page are we supposed to find something
>pointed about this issue?

There are several comments in there speculating that the intent was to
find a way around private data hiding.  It's a WTF -- you can't take
it too seriously.