[Python-Dev] Property syntax (Re: [Python-Dev] Extended Function syntax)

[Greg Ewing]

Guido:

> Actually I was attempting to find a solution not just for properties
> but for other situations as well.  E.g. someone might want to define
> capabilities, or event handlers, or ...

I'm not sure what a capability is, exactly, so I don't
know what would be required to provide one. Or how an
event handler differs from a method, for that matter.

But anyway, here's another idea:

  def foo as property:
    def __get__(self):
      ...
    def __set__(self, x):
      ...

which would be equivalent to

  foo = property(<dict-from-the-suite>)

or perhaps

  foo = property(<thunk-doing-the-suite>)

You might also want to allow for some arguments somewhere
(not sure exactly where, though).

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