Inheritance of private and protected methods in Python
I know, there are no 'real' private/protected methods in Python. This approach isn't meant to hide anything; I just want to understand what Python does. class Parent(object): def _protected(self): pass def __private(self): pass class Child(Parent): def foo(self): self._protected() # This works def bar(self): self.__private() # This doesn't work, I get a AttributeError: # 'Child' object has no attribute '_Child__private' So, does this behaviour mean, that 'protected' methods will be inherited but 'private' won't at all? Or did I miss anything? Python has no privacy model, there are no access