[IronPython] protected set { }

[Michael Foord]

Matthew Barnard wrote:
> public abstract class Object
> {
>     protected string weakName = string.Empty;
>
>     public string WeakName
>     {
>         get { return this.weakName; }
>         protected set { this.weakName = value; }
>     }
> }
>
> public class Derived
> {
>     public Derived()
>     {
>         this.WeakName = "Hello";
>     }
> }
>
> In C#:
> Derived obj = new Derived();
> Console.WriteLine(obj.WeakName)
> Hello
> obj.WeakName = "Fail";
> The property or indexer 'Object.WeakName' cannot be used in this 
> context because the set accessor is inaccessible
>
> In IPy:
> >>> obj = Derived()
> >>> obj.WeakName = 'Succeed'
> >>> obj.WeakName
> 'Succeed'
>
> Is this expected behavior?

Yes.

Michael Foord

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