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Created September 9, 2011 11:46
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Python function name mangling
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gistfile1.txt
In [1]: class Test:
...: def __foo(self): pass
...:
...:
In [2]: dir(Test)
Out[2]: ['_Test__foo', '__doc__', '__module__']
In [3]: Test.__foo
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last)
/Users/az/<ipython console> in <module>()
AttributeError: class Test has no attribute '__foo'
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