get/set

[Duncan Booth]

[posted and mailed]

Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote in 
news:J_5D8.46933$zW3.574094 at news1.tin.it:

>> Field descriptors are new with Python 2.2 
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> and require the new-style
>> classes.
> 
> No.
> 
>>>> class X:
> ...   def getTer(self): return 23
> ...   def setTer(self, value): pass
> ...   ter = property(getTer, setTer)
> ...
>>>> x = X()
>>>> x.ter
> 23

Unfortunately:
>>> x.ter = 5
>>> x.ter
5

The getTer works, but the setTer is ignored unless you have a newstyle 
class.


-- 
Duncan Booth                                             duncan at rcp.co.uk
int month(char *p){return(124864/((p[0]+p[1]-p[2]&0x1f)+1)%12)["\5\x8\3"
"\6\7\xb\1\x9\xa\2\0\4"];} // Who said my code was obscure?