overriding a property

[Lucasm]

On 19 Okt, 18:28, Steven D'Aprano <st... at REMOVE-THIS-
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:39:56 -0700, Lucasm wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > A question. Is it possible to dynamically override a property?
>
> > class A(object):
> >     @property
> >     def return_five(self):
> >         return 5
>
> > I would like to override the property for an instance of A to say the
> > string 'bla'.
> >>> class A(object):
>
> ...     _five = 5  # class attribute shared by all instances
> ...     @property
> ...     def return_five(self):
> ...         return self._five
> ...
>
> >>> a = A()
> >>> a._five = 'bla'  # set an instance attribute
> >>> b = A()
> >>> print a.return_five
> bla
> >>> print b.return_five
>
> 5
>
> --
> Steven

Thanks for the answers. I would like to override the property though
without making special modifications in the main class beforehand. Is
this possible?