Antoon Pardon wrote: > Op 2005-09-29, Bill Mill schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>But, if your users can't figure out that they shouldn't be changing >>the variable called t._test__i without expecting side effects, what do >>you think of the users of your class? >> >>Python is for consenting adults. > > > No it is not. Consenting means you had the choice. Python doesn't > give you the choice not to consent. Unless of course you write > it as a C-extension, then you can hide all you want. >
Good grief, the ultimate choice is to use Python because you like it, or not to use it because you don't. Enough with the picking every available nit, please. Consent or stop complaining :-) regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
