class-private names and the Zen of Python

[Oscar Benjamin]

On Oct 8, 2013 2:26 PM, "Steven D'Aprano" <
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 12:13:48 +0200, Marco Buttu wrote:
>
> > Another question is: where is the place in which this transformation
> > occurs? Is it at the parser level, before the dictionary attribute is
> > gave as argument to the metaclass?
>
> Good question!
>
> I don't have a full answer, but I have a part answer: it occurs before
> the metaclass sees the namespace:
>

I thought it was at the parser level and applied to assignments at class
level and attribute assignments anywhere within a class body.

I'm pretty sure there's no way to control the behaviour from Python code if
that's what the metaclass question is getting at.

Oscar
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