Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you really need it, you can do data hiding in python. It just > requires a bit more work. <snip> > --- $ python > Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Apr 17 2008, 13:15:05) > [GCC 4.2.3 (Debian 4.2.3-3)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> From Hide import Foo >>>> var = Foo() >>>> var.GetX() > 0 >>>> var.SetX(5) >>>> var.GetX() > 5 >>>> var.x > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > AttributeError: 'Foo' object has no attribute 'x' >>>> var.hidden.x > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > AttributeError: 'Foo' object has no attribute 'hidden' >
That sort of hiding isn't any more secure than the 'hiding' you get in C++. >>> var.GetX.func_closure[0].cell_contents.x 5 All you've done is force the user who wants to bypass it to use a longer expression, and if that's your criterion for 'hiding' then just use two leading underscores. -- Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
