You mean private, protected, public, that kind of stuff ?
They do not exist in Python. Conventionally if you don't want
the user of a class to access a method or attribute, you use
the prefix _ ;
class K(object):
_a = 1
def __init__(self, val):
self.arg = val
self._hidden = 1
def _method(self):
pass
The _hidden attribute can still be accessed by ...
>>> h = K()._hidden
... but hey ! You know you *should* not. It's the
"we are all consenting adults" philosophy of
programming.
By the way, K._method and K._a won't appear
in the (py-)doc of the class ...
Cheers,
SB
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