More python fun...

[awong]

class A(object):
def __init__(self):
self.__my_var = 'a'

class B(A):
def foo(self):
print self.__my_var

error:

AttributeError: 'B' object has no attribute '_B__my_var'You learn something new everyday. Apparently prefixing with __ in classes in python causes the interpreter to mangle the name. This makes a "private" variable.

Comments

[thedutch]

what high level language do you think minimizes exposure to low level details?

[evan]

all of 'em except perl. :)