Why does python not have a mechanism for data hiding?

[Antoon Pardon]

On 2008-06-09, Lie <Lie.1296 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> That seems strange to me. The and-or simulation that was offerd in the
>> FAQ allowed for about the same kind of structures as the ternary
>> operator in C and was used in the standard library IIRC.
>>
>> So the same unreadable was already possible to write, plus that it
>> could cause bugs and had to be made even more unreadable in order
>> to work correctly. Considering this it I find it odd that hurting
>> readability was a motivation not to have it.
>
> In case you didn't notice, the and-or simulation is a hack, it is not
> to be used by anyone writing real code (instead of for an entry to
> Obfuscated Python Code Contest) to substitute it for inline if. If
> inline if is "formalized", that means the language encourages the use
> of inline if, which we don't want to have.

Who is we? The last poll I know about had a majority in favor of a
ternary operator.

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Antoon Pardon