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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 23:05:52 +1000
Subject: Re: Encapsulation unpythonic?
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On 17 August 2013 22:26,  <fsaldan1@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 1) Is there a good text where I can read about the language philosophy? What practices are "pythonic" or "unpythonic"?
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> 2) If it is in fact true that encapsulation is rarely used, how do I deal with the fact that other programmers can easily alter the values of members of my classes?

Try this:
http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html