Read-only attribute in module

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:27:50 -0500, Terry Reedy wrote:

> On 2/9/2012 8:04 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> 
>> Python happily violates "consenting adults" all over the place. We have
>> properties, which can easily create read-only and write-once
>> attributes.
> 
> So propose that propery() work at module level, for module attributes,
> as well as for class attributes.


I'm not wedded to a specific implementation.

Besides, it's not just a matter of saying "property should work in 
modules" -- that would require the entire descriptor protocol work for 
module lookups, and I don't know how big a can of worms that is. Constant 
names is a lot more constrained than computed name lookups.



-- 
Steven