Automatic Generation of Python Class Files

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Steven Bethard a écrit :
(snip)
> In Python, you can use property() to make method calls look like 
> attribute access.  This could be necessary if you have an existing API 
> that used public attributes, but changes to your code require those 
> attributes to do additional calculations now.
> 
> But if you're creating a class for the first time, it should *never* use 
> property().  There's no need to retrofit anything.

May I kindly disagree here ?-)

Computed attributes are IMHO not only a life-saver when it comes to 
refactoring. There are cases where you *really* have - by 'design' I'd 
say - the semantic of a property, but know from the start you'll need 
computation (for whatever reason). Then what would be the rationale for 
using explicit getters/setters ?