What's the difference between VAR and _VAR_?

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Fri Sep 9 00:33:49 EDT 2005


Johnny Lee wrote:

> As what you said, the following two code section is totally the same?
> 
> (I)
> class TestResult:
>         _passxxx_ = "pass"
> 
> (II) 
> class TestResult: 
>         passxxx = "pass"

No, of course not.  One defines a class varaible named `_passxxx_', the 
other defines one named `passsxxx'.

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