[Python-Dev] Declaring setters with getters

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:14 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> On 10/31/07, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>>> I'd like to make this [propset] a standard built-in,
>>
>> +1 -- I find this to be an attractive syntax
>>
>>> I'd also like to change property so that the doc
>>> string defaults to the doc string of the getter.
>>
>> +1 -- This should also be done for classmethod,
>> staticmethod, and anything else that wraps functions.
>
> With this level of support, it could be implemented by this afternoon!
> (and backported to 2.4 within a week. ;-)

I know you're joking about the backporting.  Neal, no sneaking this  
into 2.5.2 now! :)

BTW, +1 on this.  I like Fred's suggestion of property.set().

- -Barry

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