[issue11610] Improving property to accept abstract methods

[Benjamin Peterson]

Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> added the comment:

2011/5/14 Darren Dale <report at bugs.python.org>:
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> Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com> added the comment:
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> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Benjamin Peterson
> <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
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>> Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> added the comment:
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>> Okay: how about this. We retain the passing of @abstractmethod to
>> abstractpropert(), but @abstractgetter decorates the method for you.
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> That can work, although I would advise against it. I find it strange
> that we would use @abstractmethod sometimes and not others. If that is
> what it takes to get the patch accepted, so be it. But since I don't
> understand the motivation behind this approach, I won't be the one to
> document the special cases of when @abstractmethod is required and
> when it is not.

It would just be a convenience.

> It definitely is a common case, and always will be. You can't begin
> using abstractproperty.abstract(getter/setter/deleter) until you have
> an abstract property, which requires passing a (potentially abstract)
> method to the constructor.

What about

@abstractproperty
def something(): pass

@abstractproperty.setter
def set(): pass

@abstractproperty.deleter
def delete: pass

requires you to pass a method (explicitly) to a constructor?

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