is python Object oriented??

Rhodri James rhodri at wildebst.demon.co.uk
Mon Feb 2 22:48:58 EST 2009


On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:16:01 -0000, Russ P. <Russ.Paielli at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here we go again. If you have access to the source code (as you nearly
> always do with Python code), then "breaking the language-enforced data
> hiding" is a trivial matter of deleting the word "private" (or
> equivalent).

If it's that trivial to defeat something that its proponents appear to
want to be close to an iron-clad guarantee, what on earth is the point
of using "private" in the first place?

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Rhodri James *-* Wildebeeste Herder to the Masses



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