[Python-Dev] PEP 8 and optional underscores (original) (raw)

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Thu Jun 12 17:21:05 CEST 2008 

>> Should it be...
>> 
>> 2.n : .is_alive()
>> 2.n+1 : .is_alive() (deprecated), .alive (recommended)
>> 2.n+2 : .alive

Barry> Personally, I'd go with a property .is_alive

I'm not fond of using a property for this since it can lull you into the false belief that what you are doing is less expensive than it really is (attribute access vs method call). I think this is a case where explicit is better than implicit.

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