A trial to implement non-accessible private methods in python

private_methods.py

from pprint import pprint


# CamelCase because it "acts" like a class
def CounterController():
    class CounterControllerPrivate(object):
        def __init__(self):
            self.counter = 0

        def add_one(self):
            self.counter += 1

        def reset(self):
            self.counter = 0

        def get_counter(self):
            return self.counter

    counter_controller = CounterControllerPrivate()

    class CounterControllerPublic(object):
        def add_one_endpoint(self):
            counter_controller.add_one()
            return counter_controller.get_counter()

        def reset_endpoint(self):
            counter_controller.reset()
            return counter_controller.get_counter()

    return CounterControllerPublic()


# counter attribute is not accessible from out here
controller = CounterController()

print(controller.add_one_endpoint())
print(controller.add_one_endpoint())
print(controller.reset_endpoint())

pprint(dir(controller))