[New-bugs-announce] [issue45333] += operator and accessors bug?

[chovey]

New submission from chovey <chovey at sandia.gov>:

We used get/set attribute accessors with private data, and suspect the beaviour we see with the += operator contains a bug.  Below is our original implementation, followed by our fix.  But, we feel the original implementation should have worked.  Please advise.  Thank you.

    @property
    def position(self) -> np.ndarray:
        return self._position

    @position.setter
    def position(self, val: np.ndarray):
        self._position = val

    def update(self, *, delta_t: float):
        # Nope! Bug! (?)  
        # Tried to combine the getter and setter for self.position
        # with the += operator, which will not work.
        # self.position += self.velocity * delta_t
        #
        # This fixes the behaviour.
        self._position = self.velocity * delta_t + self.position

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components: 2to3 (2.x to 3.x conversion tool)
messages: 402966
nosy: chovey
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: += operator and accessors bug?
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.9

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