How does Mr. Martelli's Borg recipe work ?

[Erik Max Francis]

Robin Becker wrote:

> ....can't one do
> class TheSomething:
>    ....
> 
> TheSomething = TheSomething()
> 
> then it's harder to get at the class which presumably is now only
> available as TheSomething.__class__

Well, you can name the class Hugahglaugahglaugalgha, or delete the
original class name explicitly, or any such thing.  The point is that in
Python, if you're accessing a name starting with underscores in
something you don't own, you probably shouldn't be.  "We're all adults
here."

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