[Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications (original) (raw)

Josiah Carlson jcarlson at uci.edu
Mon Dec 12 04:59:10 CET 2005

skip at pobox.com wrote:

Ian> Do not use accessor methods, like obj.getFoo() and Ian> obj.setFoo(v), instead just expose a public attribute Ian> (obj.foo). If necessary you can use property to implement Ian> the same functionality that accessor methods would give you.

Don't properties only work with new-style clsses? If so, this should probably be noted.

In the future, aren't all classes going to become new-style? Was it going to wait until Py3k, or sometime sooner?

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