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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 12:27:45PM +0200, Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> In Python, variables are made private or protected in an "informal
> way" by prefixing their names with __ or _. Some places I've used
> self._foo instead of self.foo for variables which the end-user (person
> inputting a form) shouldn't touch, do you agree with this? Most of
> these are variables the form compiler developers will be dealing with.
> I haven't been completely consistent, so I just want green light
> before I change these one way or the other.

Agree, but shouldn't it be two underscores?

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Anders