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[Václav Šmilauer <eudoxos@xxxxxxxx>]

> Sorry, Vaclav, but in my opinion, this syntax looks horrible for users. 
> s.shape.name looks much better. In addition, __foo__ is syntax for 
> protected members, not for the users interface. No?
I think the idea is that __ names are for attributes that are "metadata"
for the objects. Well, do you need often to test type name? You can say
s.__class__==Sphere (it should be also faster), since Sphere is a real
python class now. Is that better?

Cheers, v.