Best way to control assignment to attribute?

[Frank Millman]

frank at chagford.com (Frank Millman) wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I want to control the assignment of a value to an attribute. Instead
> of allowing it to be changed directly, I want to enforce that a method
> is called, which will perform the assignment subject to various
> checks.
> 

Thanks to everybody for the replies. Clearly property() is the way to
go.

I have avoided new-style classes up to now, as I was waiting for a
real need to use them. Now I have one, so it is time to roll up my
sleeves and get stuck in.

Thanks again.

Frank