Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:35:19 +0000, Alex Hunsley wrote:
>
>
>>There's no really specific questions in this post, but I'm looking for
>>people's thought on the issues within...
>>
>>
>>The two main versions I've encountered for data pseudo-hiding
>>(encapsulation) in python are:
>>
>>method 1:
>>
>>_X - (single underscore) - just cosmetic, a convention to let someone
>> know that this data should be private.
>
>
> Not quite.
>
> In modules, names starting with one or more underscore (_X, __X, etc.) are
> not copied over when you import the module using "from module import *".
And you can also control what gets exported by defining __all__ I
believe....
>
> In classes, instance._X is just a convention "this is private, don't touch
> unless you really have to".
ah, ok.
>[snip some more details]
Thanks for your helpful response, it's clarifying a few things for me!
> What are you doing, manually keeping a list of "allowed" attributes which
> you check before hand?
>
Heheh. No, I'm not actually 'doing' anything yet, I'm findout out what
is good practise in python land.
> There is, at least, an argument in favour of using that technique for
> enforcing something like attribute declarations:
>
> def __setattr__(self, name, value):
> if name in self.ALLOWED:
> self.__dict__[name] = value
> else:
> raise ValueError("That attribute hasn't been declared.")
>
> although that just leads into the whole "bondage and domination language"
> can of worms.
>
> In any case, you already have a perfectly good list of attributes.
> Actually, two lists, one for class attributes and one for instance
> attributes:
>
> instance.__class__.__dict__.keys()
> instance.__dict__.keys()
[snip]
okeydoke.
thanks for the advice!
alex
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