On 08/17/2013 05:26 AM, fsald...@gmail.com wrote:
I am new to Python, with experience in Java, C++ and R.
As I understand encapsulation is not a big thing in the Python world. I read that you can
put two underscores before the name of a variable within a class declaration but in the
many examples of code I looked at this is not widely used. I also read that encapsulation
is "unpythonic."
Questions:
1) Is there a good text where I can read about the language philosophy? What practices are
"pythonic" or "unpythonic"?
2) If it is in fact true that encapsulation is rarely used, how do I deal with
the fact that other programmers can easily alter the values of members of my
classes?
Thanks for any insights.
FS
You are confusing encapsulation with data hiding!
Encapsulation is very much a part of Python. Every class, module,
indeed every object, encapsulates some kind of behavior.
However, *hiding* the members of a class is not considered Pythonic.
There is no private/public as in C++, however, there are way to achieve
that effect.
Gary Herron
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