On Oct 15, 2013 4:10 AM, "Dhananjay Nene" <dhananjay.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Pranav Raj <pranav09...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi fellow python lovers, > > > > I wanted to do OOPS programming in python, but i just found out that there are no private variables in python. Does anyone know why python classes have no private variables and why python's OOPS concept are a lot different from other programming languages? > > http://stackoverflow.com/a/1641236/12754 >
Meh! Weak arguments, strongly made. > I am not sure what the history or reasoning was. But encapsulation is not considered particularly desirable or useful. > Which generally lead to poor (or at least poorer) abstractions; but I digress. > I think OOPs concepts across a number of languages are quite different. You will find python having superior constructs eg. metaclasses etc. if you were comparing Python OOP to C++/Java. Superior constructs implemented inferiorly. Meteclasses are much^3 more powerful in Groovy, Ruby and SmallTalk (where some would claim Python borrowed them from; but that's just not true.) Trust me, I spent almost a week trying to wrap my head around this before I figured out that Python Metaclasses are just Class Decorators done differently (read- requiring you to understand more of the internals without providing too much more benefit.) > Just start using the features and over a period of time you will gain a > reasonable understanding of the subtleties. > > > > > > thank you, Pranav Raj > > Pranav, I'd suggest you keep an open mind and go with what the language/platform provides you. Python is one of those 'get stuff done' kind of languages and has a sweet spot, but OO isn't quite all in that spot. There is some overlap, but it can be hard to find. _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
