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On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org> wrote:

But I can cite at least one place in the standard library that would have been better if it'd been implemented as a module property:

os.stat\_float\_times().

I wish there were a property feature available almost very time I encounter a "get\*" method in the stdlib (or any where):

There are a heck of a lot in the os module:

In \[4\]: \[s for s in dir(os) if s.startswith('get')\]
Out\[4\]:

\['get\_blocking',
'get\_exec\_path',
'get\_inheritable',
'get\_terminal\_size',
'getcwd',
'getcwdb',
'getegid',
'getenv',
'getenvb',
'geteuid',
'getgid',
'getgrouplist',
'getgroups',
'getloadavg',
'getlogin',
'getpgid',
'getpgrp',
'getpid',
'getppid',
'getpriority',
'getsid',
'getuid'\]

Many of those may be good use-cases for getters, but still...

And just yesterday I was getting annoyed by some in sysconfig:

In \[6\]: \[s for s in dir(sysconfig) if s.startswith('get')\]
Out\[6\]:

\['get\_config\_h\_filename',
'get\_config\_var',
'get\_config\_vars',
'get\_makefile\_filename',
'get\_path',
'get\_path\_names',
'get\_paths',
'get\_platform',
'get\_python\_version',
'get\_scheme\_names'\]

modules serve the very useful function of a global singleton -- if we think properties are a good idea for classes, then they are a good idea for modules...

-CHB

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