zero argument member functions versus properties

[Peter Cacioppi]

Steve said:

"(This isn't Java or Ruby, where data-hiding is compulsory :-)  " (You could add C++ and C# to this list).

This is golden nugget for me. The old synapses are pretty well grooved to think of data hiding as good hygiene. Even though I've read a fair bit of Python text I still need to be reminded of the little idiomatic differences between Py and all the languages made obsolete by Py ;) Thanks.