[XML-SIG] Re: foo.bar vs. foo.get_bar()

[uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com]

Thomas B. Passin:
> In this particular example, the DOM clearly wants the name of a Node to
> never change once the Node is created.  Java can enforce this, ECMAScript
> cannot.  Python can't really enforce it either, but it doesn't have to
> provide an easy way to get around the read-only intent.

Oh yes Python can.  With __setattr__ it's a trivial matter.  Of course, that's 
the whole argument, isn't it?


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