[Python-Dev] PEP 318: Properties

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 03:24 PM 4/3/04 -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote:

>That is, there is already an (otherwise invalid) 'x' in the calling scope
>when propget() is called.  Do the property doodads just need to be
>bulletproofed or should an exception be raised?

If I recall correctly, the implementation someone contributed earlier this 
week (sorry I don't remember his name) raised an exception if the previous 
binding of the function name was not an instance of 'property'.