Here's an implementation of the idea I floated recently on python-dev (Subject: Declaring setters with getters). This implements the kind of syntax that I believe won over most folks in the end: @property def foo(self): ... @foo.setter def foo(self, value=None): ... There are also .getter and .deleter descriptors. This includes the hack that if you specify a setter but no deleter, the setter is called without a value argument when attempting to delete something. If the setter isn't ready for this, a TypeError will be raised, pretty much just as if no deleter was provided (just with a somewhat worse error message :-). I intend to check this into 2.6 and 3.0 unless there is a huge cry of dismay. Docs will be left to volunteers as always.
propset2.diff is a new version that improves upon the heuristic for making the deleter match the setter: when changing setters, if the old deleter is the same as the old setter, it will replace both the deleter and setter. This diff is relative to the 2.6 trunk; it applies to 3.0 too.
propset3.diff removes the hack that makes the deleter equal to the setter when no separate deleter has been specified. If you want a single method to be used as setter and deleter, write this: @foo.setter @foo.deleter def foo(self, value=None): ...
