Prototype OO

[Carl Banks]

On Apr 2, 10:52 am, sam <s... at mas.pl> wrote:
> Then I say:
>
>         -- __id is awful, because it is a trick to prefix names
>
> and gurus say:
>
>         -- it is good solution for name conflicts
>
> But somebody may prefix his names with class names and cause nameconflict, so
> maybe it is not so good? I would prefer to hear something like "other solutions
> were very complex, and our zen says 'Simple is better than complex.', so we
> decided to use this simple and not perfect solution"

The stated purpose of the name mangling attributes is to minimize
accidental conflicts, not to enforce data hiding.


Carl Banks