Jan. 4, 2011
9:44 a.m.
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 4:09 PM, K. Richard Pixley <rich@noir.com <mailto:rich@noir.com>> wrote:
Essentially the permutation are, I think: {'unadorned'|abc.abstract}{'normal'|static|class}{method|property|non-callable attribute}.
At the abstract level, a property and a normal, non-callable attribute are the same thing. They are from the instantiation perspective but not from the subclassing
On 1/4/11 07:23 , Mike Graham wrote: perspective. From the subclassing perspective, it's the difference between: class Foo(object): @property def bar(self): ... and: class Foo(object): bar = ... If an abstract property were to be answered by a simple assignment, then the "read-only" trait would be lost. --rich