[Python-Dev] Computed-attributes

[Paul Prescod]

Don Beaudry! The master returns to check on the upstarts.

Donald Beaudry wrote:
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> ...
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> One way of doing that, which I feel also makes things a bit more
> obvious, is to allow only a single routine per attribute: __attr_XXX__.

My first reaction was negative but it does simplify a bunch of stuff.
Inheritance is straightforward, calling a base class is straightforward,
implementation is simpler.

Overall, I like it!

> I agree that prohibiting it is the right idea.  The question is how.
> Permitting only one routine per attribute lets the traditional
> attribute lookup rules work and thus prevents head scratching when
> trying to find the code that actually maintains an attribute.  The
> cost is some additional burden on the writer of the __attr_XXX method
> (and some magic to distinguish the del case).

Don't follow that. Why not just have "get"/"set"/"del" opcodes?

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