Nov-02-2018, 02:41 PM
(Nov-02-2018, 02:33 PM)ichabod801 Wrote: It's not something you generally worry about in Python. Underscores can be used, but they are just a hint to other programmers that it's something internal to the class. If there are real security concerns, as in when self.x is changed self.y must also be changed or things crash, look into properties.
Thank you for the response. I did read a fair bit about properties as well, but it wasn't immediately clear at the time how often and under what circumstances they should be used. Your mention of using it to manage attribute dependencies is a good one and makes a lot of sense.