[Python-Dev] n.numbits: method or property? (original) (raw)

Adam Olsen rhamph at gmail.com
Wed Nov 12 06:02:18 CET 2008


On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Mike Klaas <mike.klaas at gmail.com> wrote:

On 11-Nov-08, at 4:16 PM, Mark Dickinson wrote:

More generally, what are the guidelines for determining when it's appropriate to make something a property rather than a method? Both are awkward on numeric types in python, necessitating brackets or a space before the dot: (1).doc 1 .doc

It's only awkward on constants, which should be pretty rare for a numbits property. The expected use case is on a variable.

-- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus



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