[Chicago] Get/Set/Accessors in Python?

Dan Krol orblivion at gmail.com
Wed Dec 5 16:54:41 CET 2012


http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#property

Or if get, set, and delete are just not enough granularity:

http://docs.python.org/2/howto/descriptor.html

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Malcolm Newsome
<malcolm.newsome at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey ChiPy,
>
> Python is/was my first language.  Yet, I've recently begun learning C# for
> my new job.
>
> One thing I've come across in C# (and, quite frankly, am having a difficult
> time grasping) is Get and Set (Accessors).
>
> Since, I don't ever recall reading about this in Python, I'm wondering if
> they exist.  If not, what is the "thinking" behind why they are not included
> in the language?
>
> Additionally, a separate, but perhaps related question is that I have not
> seen public/private classes in Python.  How might this factor into the whole
> accessor scenario?  (Or, am I trying to relate two topics that have nothing
> to do with each other?)
>
> Hopefully these questions are clear enough...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Malcolm Newsome
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