On Jun 2, 4:50 pm, "Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 2, 6:41 am, Carl Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You are not realizing that only useful(**) thing about data hiding is > > that some code has access to the data, other code does not. If you > > "hide" data equally from everyone it's just a useless spelling change. > > I think you're missing the point.
Well that's nice: you're accusing me of missing the point after having quoted something I wrote as if it represented by own views, even though I footnoted it and said I was only doing it for the sake of argument. Perhaps, outside this discussion, I am totally getting "the point". I can't tell, though, because I read your post twice and I have no idea what you consider "the point" to be. Best as I can tell you are claiming that data hiding isn't important, but then you go on to imply Python is blemished because it doesn't hide data. It really makes no sense: perhaps you can help us out by giving us an example of something that illustrates what you're saying? (FWIW, my actual view on the matter is I don't give a lick about data hiding or marking internals.) Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
