Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.074 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.85; '*S*': 0.00; 'url:github': 0.09; 'inheritance': 0.16; 'really?': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'tend': 0.17; "i've": 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.26; 'skip:@ 10': 0.27; 'structures': 0.27; "d'aprano": 0.29; 'steven': 0.29; 'waste': 0.30; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:209.85.220': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'message- id:@gmail.com': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'time,': 0.62; 'late.': 0.65; 'avoid.': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8zXJQ63gQI6GnUW8Zm+SAYHY/Euwj/02FR2kx0Ku/Ao=; b=q4f5jmBb0LfH3yY60zqlPuNK24BgOwL+Nu9/9esZ+7rTynXaGH+88a4mKN62vafM3R +qf4UDuvsv5hFLSMH1vaYgsLF1EiAlalGlfRkDQKrn4pbps0aDqVsMGrtGZkZjtDaUG0 TYkCD4fT+kCY8gR6JsFEawBuy9gU0AI6WF5Nt8kgm6852WgPC3g/UENqjB3wWGUFKMAk 5QcbIl+LeAK1nk1hNClr+fj8dHeK4x3DsdWoqUK3zw2zd2SoPOZjUZZ4a9n6YOzWo5n9 iL6TlWCIaXj6UUlFNDiCfDazQm/Wvteerw+9+o514dFGeO9D2OASv6zQ0O/EWyR/vCcV Pl/w== Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:26:27 -0700 From: Demian Brecht User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120912 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Private methods References: <1krpbz9.1wge3j11123k2vN%real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk> <1krpdak.u0qy9e1a4knspN%real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk> <50742FD4.8030007@gmail.com> <5074b86b$0$6574$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> In-Reply-To: <5074b86b$0$6574$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 10 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1349828799 news.xs4all.nl 6888 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36916 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31057 On 12-10-09 04:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Really? I tend to view name mangling as a waste of time, and complex > inheritance structures as something to avoid. Yep, I've been coming around to this as of late. -- Demian Brecht @demianbrecht http://demianbrecht.github.com