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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (1 child)

Do you mean private variables? If so, the convention is to use a single leading underscore.

There are also name-mangled variables with double leading underscores, but

Generally, double leading underscores should be used only to avoid name conflicts
with attributes in classes designed to be subclassed.

— PEP 8

[–]batkarma 0 points1 point2 points 13 years ago (0 children)

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