[Python-Dev] properties on modules?

[Guido van Rossum]

[NeilS]
> > > It would be really cool if this worked:
> > >
> > > import time
> > > now = property(lambda m: time.time())
> > >
> > > Obviously a silly example but I hope the idea is clear.  Is there a
> > > reason this couldn't be made to work?

[Me]
> > The idea is not clear to me at all.  Why can't you say
> > 
> > now = lambda: time.time()

[Brian Q]
> Presumably, he would prefer this syntax:
> 
> start = time.now
> 
> to:
> 
> start = time.now()

Aha.

> The .NET framework implements "now" as a property rather than a function
> and I find it distasteful for some reason. 

I have to agree with you -- I am -1 on such a feature.

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