Does Python really follow its philosophy of "Readability counts"?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:59:48 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> How is this scenario different from an API change where public_method()
> gets changed to method()? 

Sorry, that's a poor example, since you were talking about attributes 
rather than methods. Must stop posting before coffee *wink*

Rewording:

How is this scenario different from an API change where 
self.some_attribute gets changed to self.attribute? Surely this is just a 
downside to Python's lack of declarations, rather than specific to 
Python's lack of enforced data hiding?




-- 
Steven