Python Property method for protecting private variables -

i'm trying learn python's oops concepts , i'm trying learn handling private data in python. got know can achived using "property" method , i'm executing below code thowing me error while i'm trying access attribute.

class hello(object):      def __init__(self, name):         self.__name = name      def __setname(self, name):         self.__name = name     def __getname(self):         return self.__name     name = property(__setname, __getname) h = hello("saumya") print h.name typeerror: __setname() takes 2 arguments (1 given) 

can anynody me , going wrong ?

thanks, saumya

the property function takes getter first, setter:

name = property(__getname, __setname)