[masklinn]

> Same for Python, I know it must prevent fields from getting clobbered when inheriting, but I don't want to be exposed to its mangling or whatever other mechanism it uses.

Python does not prevent anything, it gives the developer a name mangling tool, it's up to the developer whether they want to use it or not. By default, identical names will conflict and you will clobber supertype fields or methods.

[marklgr]

Again, that's very Perl-ish, to me. "Here are some tools and tricks, use them to do your own OO if you want--but you can easily bypass it all every time you wish".