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Riya Chatterjee
7,582 PointsWhy is it "_score_set"?
Why is there a single underscore before score set in scoresheets.py? I don't understand if that's a type of special convention, or why it's necessary here.
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Robbin Khant Min
17,904 PointsThe underscore prefix simply means that it is for internal use . It is the convention defined in PEP 8 but not necessarily enforced by Python . Unlike in java , python does not have strong hints between private and public variables . So a single underscore is used to make a distinction that * the variable is private(internal use only).*