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Re: what is the difference between name and _name?

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"luofeiyu" <elearn2014@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> So in this example:
>>> class Person(object):
>>>       def __init__(self, name):
>>>           self._name = name
>>         [...]
>>>       name = property(getName, setName, delName, "name property docs")
>>
>>
>> (3) name is the public attribute that other classes or functions are
>> permitted to use.
>>
>>
>> problem 1:  there is no self.name =  something in the defination ,why i 
>> can get bob.name?
>>
>>

I also found it confusing at first, but reading the docs and trying out the 
examples at the interpreter prompt helped a lot.

Here is the relevant doc page -

    https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#property

If you really want to know what goes on under the hood, Google turned up 
this in-depth explanation -

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17330160/how-does-the-property-decorator-work

HTH

Frank Millman

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what is the difference between name and _name? luofeiyu <elearn2014@gmail.com> - 2014-08-20 15:16 +0800
  Re: what is the difference between name and _name? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-20 08:49 +0000
    Re: what is the difference between name and _name? luofeiyu <elearn2014@gmail.com> - 2014-08-20 19:41 +0800
      Re: what is the difference between name and _name? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-21 01:26 +1000
        Re: what is the difference between name and _name? luofeiyu <elearn2014@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 10:20 +0800
        Re: what is the difference between name and _name? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 13:10 +1000
        Re: what is the difference between name and _name? luofeiyu <elearn2014@gmail.com> - 2014-08-22 14:37 +0800
    Re: what is the difference between name and _name? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-08-20 14:18 +0200

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