[Python-Dev] Declaring setters with getters (original) (raw)

Steven Bethard steven.bethard at gmail.com
Thu Nov 1 03:43:20 CET 2007

On 10/31/07, Fred Drake <fdrake at acm.org> wrote:

If I had to choose built-in names, though, I'd prefer "property", "propset", "propdel". Another possibility that seems reasonable (perhaps a bit better) would be:

class Thing(object): @property def attribute(self): return 42 @property.set def attribute(self, value): self.ignored = value @property.delete def attribute(self): pass

+1 on this spelling if possible. Though based on Guido's original recipe it might have to be written as::

  @property.set(attribute)
  def attribute(self, value):
      self._ignored = value

STeVe

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