[XML-SIG] Ugh! Why are DOM access methods spelled with a leading '_'?

[Paul Prescod]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
> ...
>
> Yup, however __getattr__ is a pain to utilize unless you have alot of
> infrustructure.  Zope has support for computed attributes, which makes
> this pretty sane, especially for read-only attributes.  

a) I think all that you need is a base class. Minidom uses one and it
seems to work. Anyhow, inherting from "node" is good practice in any DOM
extension framework.

b) I have been pushing for computed attributes in standard Python for
about three or four years. If this gives someone the impetus to
implement it, I won't be overly distraught. :)

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