On Jan 21, 4:55 pm, "Russ P." <russ.paie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks interesting. If it can somehow be integrated into the language > as full-fledged feature, then I'd say it has potential. As I said > before, I am not looking for a hack or a quick fix. I am interested in > well-engineered data hiding that is fully supported as part of the > language.
I think this is the main issue we disagree on. I'm happier for Python to remain lightweight where such features can be easily added on demand through external libraries. I see no reason why a library couldn't be as "well-engineered" a solution as an extension to the interpreter, its use being a mandated (and enforced) requirement within personal projects. The language just has to enable such solutions, which I feel Python does well. Perhaps what really concerns me with the inclusion of data hiding into the language itself is that people would use it :) I've always enjoyed the openness of the Python libs, the "consenting adults" approach it takes, and the ease with which I can override their inherent functionality when I need to. (But I think we've been over this before, the whole "the lib developer knows best" vs "I the coder know best" argument...) > [I am a bit confused though, because I seem to recall that Mr. Banks > claimed earlier in this thread that enforced data hiding is useless.] Maybe he was just trying to stave off threads like this one ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
