Implement logic on object.attribute and object.attribute()

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.3131.1385302390.18130.python-list at python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> > Not quite impossible. All you need is an object that behaves like a
> > string, except it has a __call__ method. Here's a sketch of a solution,
> > completely untested.
> >
> > class Magic_HTTP_Thing:
> >     @property
> >     def attribute(self):
> >         result = CallableStr(self.do_get())
> >         result.function = lambda: self.do_put()
> 
> Problem with that is that it'll still call do_get immediately. You'd
> have to somehow defer this call until it's actually _used_, which is
> why I dropped a mention of "converting to str?" - which would
> presumably be a __str__ method. But I still don't like the API.
> 
> ChrisA

If the REST interface is designed properly, all the GETs are 
nullipotent, so modulo efficiency, it should all work.

But, yeah, this seems really ugly.