why python annoys me

[Moshe Zadka]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 16:38:49 -0700, Paul Prescod <paulp at ActiveState.com> wrote:
 
> It turns out that part of the Python philosophy is that hiding (pseudo-
> or otherwise) isn't really that important and is typically
> counter-productive. I tell people around me not to use it.

Well, anyone using __name for *hiding* is of course out of his rockers.
I use it *a lot*, especially to avoid name-space clashes. That's particularily
useful in mixin classes -- if I need some variable for the method of the
mixin to communicate through, then I often use __name to make sure that
if the main class uses a similarly named variable, we won't clash.

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