__slots__ and private data members

[Jeremy Lowery]

Is this a bug? If not, is there a way to work around it or some rationale
behind it?

>>> class Death(object):
...     __slots__ = ('__name', )
...     def __init__(self, name):
...            self.__name = name
...
>>> d = Death('spam')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
  File "<interactive input>", line 4, in __init__
AttributeError: 'Death' object has no attribute '_Death__name'
>>>