Nicholas Harman wrote:
I have done a little programming in BlueJ Java before but I decided to try the “Python style” as explained in the chapter, using properties rather than variables and getters and setters ..... My main question is: When using property and setter it seems I must use “__name” or “__volume” (Python’s version of private variables). Is this true?
Certainly not. Python doesn't enforce any naming convention on you. You can use any name you like. But you *should* use something like "__name" or "__volume", simply because that will be more sensible than most other names. But if you choose to use something else, Python won't stop you.
Note: you can also use just a single underscore, _name and _volume, to indicate that the attributes are private and should not be touched.
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