How do these Java concepts translate to Python?

[Steven Bethard]

Yes there are:
object.name is public
object._name is protected
object.__name is private

The double-underscore name-mangling is almost never worth it. It's
supposed to stop name collisions, but, while it does in some cases, it
doesn't in all cases, so you shouldn't rely on this. For example:

---------- mod1.py ----------
class C(object):
__x = 'mod1.C'
@classmethod
def getx(cls):
return cls.__x
-----------------------------

---------- mod2.py ----------
import mod1
class C(mod1.C):
__x = 'mod2.C'
-----------------------------

py> import mod1, mod2
py> mod1.C.getx()
'mod1.C'
py> mod2.C.getx()
'mod2.C'

If double-underscore name-mangling worked like private variables,
setting C.__x in mod2.C should not affect the value of C.__x in mod1.C.

STeVe

 

[gene tani]

I think you'll like python.

http://naeblis.cx/rtomayko/2004/12/15/the-static-method-thing
http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/java-is-not-python-either.html

(and python-is-not-java)

 

[Ray]

I think you'll like python.

http://naeblis.cx/rtomayko/2004/12/15/the-static-method-thing
http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/java-is-not-python-either.html

(and python-is-not-java)

Thanks gene, these are exactly the stuff I wanna know more about.

Ray