> But isn't the whole point of inheritance in python precisely because the namespaces collide? I think the point from the original post is that a collision of

> But isn't the whole point of inheritance in python precisely because the namespaces collide? I think the point from the original post is that a collision of the private namespaces of the parent and child class is a bad thing. Hence the calling out of underscore in the variable names to indicate the values should be considered private.