Simon Brunning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/28/05, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If *real* private and protected are *enforced*, Python will be the > > > poorer for it. See > > > <http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/b977ed1312e10b21>. > > > > That's a wonderful, if long, essay. > > That's the Martellibot for you. Never use a word where a paragraph > with explanatory footnotes will do. > > Sigh. I miss him on c.l.py.
Why, thanks -- it's sweet to be missed!-) I also had fun rereading that little piece of mine... Unfortunately my current presence is probably a somewhat short-lived phenomenon (I just need a breather right now, but I'll have to plunge back into Google work AND writing the 2nd edition of the Nutshell soon...), but, for a short while, I'm back! Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list