[Python-Dev] PEP 318: Properties
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Sun Apr 4 20:19:30 EDT 2004
> >> How would this be interpreted?
>
> >> x = 42
>
> >> def x(self) [propget]:
> >> "Doc string for x"
> >> return self.__x
>
> >> That is, there is already an (otherwise invalid) 'x' in the calling scope
> >> when propget() is called. Do the property doodads just need to be
> >> bulletproofed or should an exception be raised?
>
> Guido:
>
> > It's broken. I expect this to raise an exception at some point.
> > Beyond that, who cares?
>
> If so, then this decorator is a bad idea.
>
> I would expect 42 to be the initial value of the property x.
Then I think you have much to learn about properties.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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