[Python-Dev] Customizing the binding of attributes

[Guido van Rossum]

> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > In particular, classic classes can't define __get__ to the effect
> > above.
> 
> Why __get__() and __set__() and not get() and set()?

Because they're mapped to the dispatch slots tp_descr_get and
tp_descr_set.  (Note that PEP 252 has get() and set() in some places,
like the C API section.  This is a mistake.)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)