"Raymond Hettinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I propose dropping the __var private name mangling trick for > double-underscores. > > It is rarely used; it smells like a hack; it complicates instrospection > tools; it's not beautiful; and it is not in line with Python's spirit of > "we're all consenting adults".
It is useful in some situations, though. In particular, I use a metaclass that sets `__super` to the right value. This wouldn't work without name mangling. -- Christian Tanzer http://www.c-tanzer.at/ _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
