[Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications

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    >> In my experience it's difficult to find the locations where another
    >> module mucks with your object's state.  Using properties or accessor
    >> methods coupling between modules is reduced and you can be more
    >> confident that the only place an object's state is modified directly
    >> is in its own code.

    pje> So?

So I'm saying I encounter it in practice and makes code harder to maintain.
It's not a hypothetical problem for me.

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