Cliff Wells logiplexsoftware at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 31 12:56:09 EST 2001

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On Wednesday 31 October 2001 09:15, Russell E. Owen wrote:
> My understanding is that a double underscore is required for Python to
> automagically mangle the name. On the other hand, two postings now
> suggest that a single underscore is sufficient.

A double underscore is required for Python to do any mangling (and it can't 
end with a double underscore, either).  A single underscore is simply a 
convention that tells other programmers the name is not meant for public 
consumption.


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