> > Could someone provide an example of the above or direct me to a page > where it is used.
class MangledMembers: def __init__(self): self.__mangled_propertyname = "fooo" mm = MangledMembers() try: print mm.__mangled_propertyname except AttributeError: print "It's private!" print "But I can get it:", mm._MangledMembers__mangled_propertyname Look at the code, and carefully reread the paragraph in the tutorial. Regards, Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list