`internal` is `public` in Java, but they mangle the name in bytecode so it's not that bad. Nobody wi...

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[kevinmost]

internal is public in Java, but they mangle the name in bytecode so it's not that bad. Nobody will look at that method name and want to call it.

[Ruckus]

Am I correct in assuming that the name mangling also makes things uncallable from Java? (i.e. it adds characters allowed by the JVM but not Java)

[dumptruckman]

they are callable

[dumptruckman]

at least according to intellij

[Ruckus]

Ah, lame

[kevinmost]

they can be called, yeah. Maybe they should be adding hyphens or something

[kevinmost]

I don't think it's that big of a deal. If a user wants to call your methods that badly, they can use reflection and hit even private members

[Shawn A]

Meh, I am used to python's approach to "private members" anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Shawn A]

"we are all consenting adults here" is the motto that is invoked I think.

[Ruckus]

Does that mean anyone under 18 isn't allowed to use Python? 🤔

[Shawn]

It would go a long way towards preventing kids from getting hooked on dynamic types

[Shawn]

Talk to your children about programming, before someone else does