Will python never intend to support private, protected and public?

[Steve Holden]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
> 
>>To avoid naming conflicts, Python provides a mechanism (name mangling)
>>which pretty much guarantees that your names won't conflict with anybody
>>else's, *even if you subclass a class whose methods use the same name*.
> 
> 
> as long as you don't cheat, that is:
> 
> # your code
> 
> class Secret:
>     def __init__(self):
>         self.__hidden = "very secret value"
> 
> # my code
> 
> from yourcode import Secret
> 
> class Secret(Secret):
>     def gethidden(self):
>         return self.__hidden
> 
> s = Secret()
> print s.gethidden()
> 

I thought you'd know me well enough to know I'd *never* cheat :-)

Nice way to point out that Pythin is indeed a "consenting adults" language.

regards
  Steve
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