reuse validation logic with descriptors

[David S.]

Steve Holden <steve <at> holdenweb.com> writes:


> You want assignment to a method-local variable to turn an attribute into 
> a property? That's programming with a magic wand ...
>  
> That will depend on the value returned by property access, surely?
> 
> I suspect you are a little confused about properties and descriptors.
> 
> regards
>   Steve

Quite confused, actually, which was the reason for my original post.  
Thanks again to those who helped me and any other confused folks 
understand this bit of Python that much better.
Peace,
David S.