[Python-Dev] PEP 8 and optional underscores

Fri Jun 13 18:42:12 CEST 2008

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> 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.
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