[Python-Dev] properties on modules?
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:49:22 -0500
[NeilS]
> > > It would be really cool if this worked:
> > >
> > > import time
> > > now = property(lambda m: time.time())
> > >
> > > Obviously a silly example but I hope the idea is clear. Is there a
> > > reason this couldn't be made to work?
[Me]
> > The idea is not clear to me at all. Why can't you say
> >
> > now = lambda: time.time()
[Brian Q]
> Presumably, he would prefer this syntax:
>
> start = time.now
>
> to:
>
> start = time.now()
Aha.
> The .NET framework implements "now" as a property rather than a function
> and I find it distasteful for some reason.
I have to agree with you -- I am -1 on such a feature.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)