Descriptor puzzlement

[Francis Avila]

Mirko Zeibig wrote in message ...
>John Roth said the following on 01/08/2004 01:34 PM:
>Hm, I don't know __set__ and __get__, there are __getattr__ (or
>__getattribute__) and __setattr__ for dynamically assigning attributes.
>Or take a look at properties
>(http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html#property)

Properties are just a wrapper/interface/application of/to descriptors (whose
protocol involves __set__ and __get__).
http://users.rcn.com/python/download/Descriptor.htm for details.
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Francis Avila