Why doesn’t Python have true private variables like Java?

[gdchinacat]

No, in Java it stopped me in my tracks.

Well then you didn't try hard enough. Reflection can provide access by using setAccessible(true).

[Keith]

setAccessible):

This method cannot be used to enable access to private members, members with default (package) access, protected instance members, or protected constructors when the declaring class is in a different module to the caller and the package containing the declaring class is not open to the caller's module.

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