getting special from type, not instance (was Re: [Python-Dev] copy confusion)

[Aahz]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2005, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> PS. The term "data descriptor" now feels odd, perhaps we can say "hard
> descriptors" instead. Hard descriptors have a __set__ method in
> addition to a __get__ method (though the __set__ method may always
> raise an exception, to implement a read-only attribute).

I'd prefer "property descriptor" since that's the primary use case.
"Getset descriptor" also works for me.
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