python development practices?

Delaney, Timothy tdelaney at avaya.com
Wed Oct 31 00:10:35 EST 2001


> From: Anthony Baxter [mailto:anthony at interlink.com.au]
> >>> Peter Wang <pzw1[nospam]@hotmail.com> wrote
> > i don't think data hiding's purpose is to keep rogue programmers in
> > line.  it's partly to insulate imperfect development practice (e.g.
> > sloppy documentation) and partly to define an interface for a class.
> 
> But in that case, you're relying on the language to compensate for
> your development processes... this seems a bit of a problem, 
> particularly
> since a sloppy/lazy/poorly-informed coder is always going to find
> a way to screw it up, regardless of whether the language prevents some
> forms of screwups.

#define private public
#define protected public

#include ...

Fun for all the team :)

Tim Delaney




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