Hi Andy,

The information on disallowed property names is here:
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/datastore/modelclass.html#Disallowed_Property_Names

"The datastore reserves all property names that begin and end with two
underscores (__*__). A datastore entity cannot have a property with such a
name.

The Python model API ignores all attributes on a
Model<http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/datastore/modelclass.html#Model>or
Expando <http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/datastore/expandoclass.html>that
begin with an underscore (
_). Your application can use these attributes to associate data with the
model objects that is not saved to the datastore."
-Marzia

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Andy Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> class A(db.Model):
>    x = db.StringProperty(default='hi')
>    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
>        self._x = 'yes'
>        super(A, self,).__init__(*args, **kwds)
>
> a = A()
>
> There's nothing in the documentation that suggests a connection
> between A's property x and the instance variable _x, but the db.Model
> and property implementation uses _x to store values for x.
>
> This should be documented.  (Of course, it isn't actually necessary -
> an instance's property data could have been stored in a single
> instance-specific structure with a documented name, but ....)
>
>
> >
>

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