Paul Rubin schrieb: > > Huh? If my car has a "feature" that lets someone blow it to > smithereens from hundreds of miles away without even intending to, > that's somehow an advantage?
I would not accept a car that does constraint my driving directions. I want to drive for myself, because its fun. > > No problem, but any decision like that should be expressed in > "writing", by re-declaring the variable so it's no longer private. Remember, its Python not Java. Tastes are different and so are programming languages, but please do not make Python to a Java Clone. I love python because of its simplicity, freedom, power and because its fun to program. One reason is that it does not restrict the programer to tight und has genuine simple solutions, like the one with "private" instance variables. -- Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list