Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Or if you code in C++ and they *really* need to get at something you > made private they will still get at it. I've been there and done > that: 'private' in languages which have it is rarely an advantage > and frequently a pain. Indeed. In C++, they recommend the "pimpl idiom" (private implementation), which actually has real advantages ;-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list