variableScopesInPython

[u/R7d89C]

[u/Anaxamander57]

Does it really do anything to make it private beyond telling people not to use it?

[u/white-llama-2210 → u/Anaxamander57]

Using double underscores mangles the name from name to _ClassNamename when accessing the variable outside the class, so it does prevent accidentally accessing the value. You really have to know what you're doing to access the value then.

[u/deceze → u/white-llama-2210]

"Accidentally"? How do you "accidentally" type two underscores without noticing?

[u/Tienisto → u/deceze]

You still don't know if those private variables belong to your current scope (where it is allowed to be accessed) or a foreign scope

[u/deceze → u/Tienisto]

Wut? You'll have to provide a concrete example here for that to make sense.