Unittest - testing properties (read-only attributes)

[Paul Moore]

I have a class with a read-only attribute, and I want to add a unit
test to ensure that it really *is* read-only. I can do this as

    def test_readonly(self):
	"""Value and multiplier must be readonly"""
	try:
	    self.combat.value = 1
	    self.fail("Value is not read only")
	except AttributeError:
	    pass

That works, but it seems a bit clumsy. Is there a better way?

Thanks,
Paul.
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