What python idioms for private, protected and public?

[Michael Schneider]

Frederik,

Thank you very much for the info on properties, that is very useful.

Sorry about the public typo, that should have been protected. I should
not post before coffee hits :-)

Happy coding,
Mike

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Michael Schneider wrote:
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>>1) mark an object as dirty in a setter (anytime the object is changed,
>>the dirty flag is set without requiring a user to set the dirty flag
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> properties.
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>>2) enforce value constraints (even if just during debugging)
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> properties.  (when you no longer need to enforce things, switch back
> to a plain attribute).
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>>3) lazy init, don't bring the data in until needed
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> properties.
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>>4) adding debug info
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> properties.
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>>5) .... more here????
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> properties.
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>>It would be easy for me to say "Add public and private to python so I
>>can code the way that I am used to".
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> huh?  what do "private" and "public" have to do with what you're describing?
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>>What are some python alternatives to achieve the design intents specified
>>above above?
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> properties.
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> http://users.rcn.com/python/download/Descriptor.htm#properties
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