private variables python

1# Make variables private by adding two underscored (_)
2# in front of variable names.
3
4# However, this is ***JUST A CONVENSION***.
5# Private variables doesn't exist in Python. __var is still accesible.
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7
8# Example:
9class User(object):
10	def __init__(self, name, password):
11		self.name = name				# Public variable
12        self.__password = password		# Private variable
13

1# Python does not have any private variables like C++ or Java does.
2# You could access any member variable at any time if wanted, too.
3# However, you don't need private variables in Python,
4# because in Python it is not bad to expose your classes member variables.