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Re: Encapsulation unpythonic?

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On 08/17/2013 05:26 AM, fsaldan1@gmail.com wrote:
> I am new to Python, with experience in Java, C++ and R.
>
> As I understand encapsulation is not a big thing in the Python world. I read that you can put two underscores before the name of a variable within a class declaration but in the many examples of code I looked at this is not widely used. I also read that encapsulation is "unpythonic."
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) Is there a good text where I can read about the language philosophy? What practices are "pythonic" or "unpythonic"?
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> FS


You are confusing encapsulation with data hiding!

Encapsulation is very much a part of Python.  Every class, module, 
indeed every object, encapsulates some kind of behavior.

However, *hiding* the members of a class is not considered Pythonic.  
There is no private/public as in C++, however, there are way to achieve 
that effect.

Gary Herron

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Encapsulation unpythonic? fsaldan1@gmail.com - 2013-08-17 05:26 -0700
  Re: Encapsulation unpythonic? Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-17 07:54 -0500
  Re: Encapsulation unpythonic? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2013-08-17 23:05 +1000
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  Re: Encapsulation unpythonic? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-17 16:17 +0000
    Re: Encapsulation unpythonic? Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-18 18:15 +0100
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        Re: Encapsulation unpythonic? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-08-21 16:02 -0600
  Re: Encapsulation unpythonic? Gary Herron <gary.herron@islandtraining.com> - 2013-08-17 13:16 -0700
  Re: Encapsulation unpythonic? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-17 17:22 -0400
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        Re: Encapsulation unpythonic? Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2013-08-31 00:03 -0700
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