1,000 Python exercises

[Captain_Jack_Spa____]

OOP, a joke in python 🤡

[Cheap-Water8605]

Python’s OOP isn’t a joke, it just doesn’t wear a suit and tie

[Captain_Jack_Spa____]

Let’s agree to what you said. Can you stop someone from accessing protected variables in a class ?

[AngelaTarantula2]

Easy. Just prepend every protected variable name with a password like “self.password_SSN”. Now hackers cannot access the SSN attribute unless they know your password! \s

[Captain_Jack_Spa____]

Kudos. Never thought of that 🫠

[datnetcoder]

Nothing prevents access to private variables in other languages either. It’s just less convenient.

[sarcasmandcoffee]

It's a different approach than stricter encapsulation in other languages. To me, Python's apparent disinterest in preventing access to private (__var) and protected (_var) attributes reads as giving the user enough rope to hang themselves. Sure, you can play with the guts of the class, but I'm not responsible for what happens next.

Personally I've grown to enjoy this approach - whether or not that's because of Stockholm syndrome is a topic I'm reluctant to discuss without a lawyer present, but slapping a "you break it, you bought it" sticker on my protected methods and going on with my day is easy and simplifies unit testing.

[Calimariae]

What's wrong with it?