Question on class member in python

[Christophe]

Johnny Lee a écrit :
> Alex Martelli 写道：
> 
> 
>>Johnny Lee <johnnyandfiona at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>But I still wonder what's the difference between the A().getMember and
>>>A().member besides the style
>>
>>Without parentheses after it, getMember is a method.  The difference
>>between a method object and an integer object (which is what member
>>itself is in your example) are many indeed, so your question is very
>>strange.  You cannot call an integer, you cannot divide methods, etc.
>>
>>
>>Alex
> 
> 
> Sorry, I didn't express myself clear to you. I mean:
> b = A().getMember()
> c = A().member
> what's the difference between b and c? If they are the same, what's the
> difference in the two way to get the value besides the style.
> 

Second form is better because it makes it easier to refactor.

Like, at first A had a direct access to the member member. But later you 
want to control the access to it. So you change it into a property and 
you don't need to change client code.