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@Ingacio, do you really use a leading underscore for properties which you intend to access from outside the class/instance? That goes against a strong Python convention, where _foo says "not public!" Or was the underscore in _FOO just a typo?

Peter Hansen
– Peter Hansen

2010-02-20 20:35:30 +00:00
Commented Feb 20, 2010 at 20:35
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@Peter: The property is called FOO. The store is called _FOO.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

2010-02-20 20:40:05 +00:00
Commented Feb 20, 2010 at 20:40

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