> Do not use accessor methods, like ``obj.getFoo()`` and > ``obj.setFoo(v)``, instead just expose a public attribute (``obj.foo``).
This advice is, of course, not appropriate for all users (properties are not typically in a Python beginner's skill set) or all use cases. It is closer to one person's view of the One-Right-Way(tm). Opinions on programming best practices vary widely, evolve over time, and may be context dependent. > > While, on some level, private variables seem attractive, I think that > > experience (for everyone I know) has shown them to be an attractive > > nuisance. I recommend discouraging them. > > I really really hate double underscores FWIW, I think we have no business dictating to others how they should name their variables. This is doubly true for a convention that has a long history and built-in language support. My preference is to leave PEP 8 for the minimum practices necessary for one programmer to be able to read and maintain another programmer's code. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
