On Jun 2, 5:38 am, Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you really need it, you can do data hiding in python. It just > requires a bit more work. > > ----------------------------- Hide.py --------------------------------- > class Rec(object): > def __init__(__, **kwargs): > for key,value in kwargs.items(): > setattr(__, key, value) > > def __getitem__(self, key): > return getattr(self, key) > > def __setitem__ (self, key, val): > setattr(self, key, val) > > class Foo(object): > > def __init__(self): > > hidden = Rec(x=0, y=0) > > def SetX(val): > hidden.x = val > > def SetY(val): > hidden.y = val > > def GetX(): > return hidden.x > > def GetY(): > return hidden.y > > self.SetX = SetX > self.SetY = SetY > self.GetX = GetX > self.GetY = GetY
Red Herring. 1. This doesn't hide the variables; it just changes their spelling. 2. This also "hides" the variables from its own class. In other words, it's a useless no-op. In fact, I'd say this is even worse than useless. Creating accessor functions is a sort of blessing for external use. Knowing that there are accessor functions is likely to cause a user to show even less restraint. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
