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Public, Protected, and Private variables in Python

Object-oriented languages, such as C++ and Java, control the access to class resources by public, private, and protected keywords. Python can also introduce a concept of public, protected, and private. But all the variables in Python are public. Private variables of the class are denied access from the environment outside the class, while public variables are accessible from outside the class. Protected variables of a class are accessible from within the class and are also available to its sub-classes. No other environment is permitted access to it. This enables specific resources of the parent class to be inherited by the child class. Declaration methods of valiables Public variables Public variables (generally methods declared in a class) are accessible from outside the class. All the variables in a Python class are public by default. Any variables can be accessed from outside the class environment. Protected variables Python's convention to make an instance variabl...