On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Benjamin Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Nick> def getName(self): >>> Nick> assert self.__initialized, "Thread.__init__() not called" >>> Nick> return self.__name >> >> Why is __name private to begin with? Any reason for the getters and >> setters? Why isn't this just an attribute? > > In 3.x, it's just an attribute.
Oh, is it? Where's the PEP with the API redesign? Did I miss some kind of decision-making process, weighing compatibility concerns against other issues? Really, I think this all went way too fast, and should be rolled back and discussed properly *in detail* first. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
