[Tutor] Very wierd namespace problem
Tycho Andersen
tycho at tycho.ws
Sat Jul 18 18:18:25 CEST 2009
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Kent Johnson<kent37 at tds.net> wrote:
> Names beginning with __ are 'mangled' to make them sort of secret.
> This is a feature:
> http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#index-889
Just to add a bit, this interpreter session may be enlightening:
>>> class a:
... def __method():
... pass
...
>>> dir(a())
['__doc__', '__module__', '_a__method']
\t
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