Why this doesn't work?

[mk]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:28:44 +0100, mk wrote:
> 
>>      nostat.__orig_get__ = nostat.__get__
> 
> I should point out that leading-and-trailing-double-underscore names are 
> reserved for use by the language.

Right... I completely missed that. I will try to change the habit.

I am under impression that a function with no underscore in name is 
meant to be called "publicly" on instance, like Foo().nostat, a function 
with one underscore (and no trailing underscores) is meant to be like 
"it's mostly intended for internal use, but you can still call it", 
somewhat like "protected" in C++, and a function with two leading 
underscores (and no trailing underscores) is meant as completely 
internal to the class, not meant to be called by outsiders, somewhat 
like "private" in C++ (I abstract from obvious point in C++ that 
semantics of those keywords is enforced by a compiler in C++).

Is that correct?

Regards,
mk