[Python-ideas] Make obj[] valid syntax?

[Guido van Rossum]

On Nov 14, 2007 10:37 AM, Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum schrieb:
> > Why can't you use call syntax, i.e. obj.prop(1, 2, 3)?
>
> Because I cannot set the property in this way:
>
> obj.prop(1, 2, 3) = "foo"
>
> Of course I know that obj.set_prop(1, 2, 3, "foo") would work.

And can't you arrange for obj.prop = "foo" to work as well as
obj.prop[1,2,3] = "foo"?

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