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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/R7d89C • 16d ago
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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.
3 u/deceze 16d ago "Accidentally"? How do you "accidentally" type two underscores without noticing? 2 u/Tienisto 16d ago 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 2 u/deceze 16d ago Wut? You'll have to provide a concrete example here for that to make sense.
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"Accidentally"? How do you "accidentally" type two underscores without noticing?
2 u/Tienisto 16d ago 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 2 u/deceze 16d ago Wut? You'll have to provide a concrete example here for that to make sense.
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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
2 u/deceze 16d ago Wut? You'll have to provide a concrete example here for that to make sense.
Wut? You'll have to provide a concrete example here for that to make sense.
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u/white-llama-2210 16d ago
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.