[Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications

[Nick Coghlan]

Josiah Carlson wrote:
> skip at pobox.com wrote:
>>     Ian> Do not use accessor methods, like ``obj.getFoo()`` and
>>     Ian> ``obj.setFoo(v)``, instead just expose a public attribute
>>     Ian> (``obj.foo``).  If necessary you can use ``property`` to implement
>>     Ian> the same functionality that accessor methods would give you.
>>
>> Don't properties only work with new-style clsses?  If so, this should
>> probably be noted.
> 
> In the future, aren't all classes going to become new-style?  Was it
> going to wait until Py3k, or sometime sooner?

Going the Java route (no implicit base class) would be an interim step along 
that road (i.e., a release or two where there is no default __metaclass__ 
fallback).

Any old code could be fixed by putting "from types import ClassType as 
__metaclass__" at the top of the affected modules.

Cheers,
Nick.

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