beginner <zy*******@gmail.comwrote:
Is there any equivalent version of C's static function in Python. I
know I can make a class function private by starting a function name
with two underscores, but it does not work with module functions.
The trick for the name mangling does not work at module level. Anyway,
if you read the PEP 8 [1] you can correctly write your code following a
well known coding standard. A function like this:
def _f():
pass
is meant to be private, you can also state it in the function's
docstring to be more clear, if you want, but it's not necessary
For exmaple, __func1 is still visible outside the module.
Yes, and _f() will also be. There's no such thing as enforcing
encapsulation in Python, even the "__method()" trick can be easily
bypassed if you have to.
1 - <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>
HTH
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