To make a method or attribute private

Sun Jan 20 22:27:37 EST 2013

On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:14:36 -0800, iMath wrote:

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> so there is no REAL private variable in Python but conversion exists in
> it that python programmer should follow and recognize .right ?

There are no "REAL private variables" in most languages. Consider the C++ 
trick "#define private public". Or pointer tricks, or using reflection in 
Java.

Yes, the convention in Python is that names starting with a single 
underscore should be considered private implementation details.

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Steven