[Python-Dev] PEP 318: Properties

[Guido van Rossum]

> >> How would this be interpreted?
>  
> >>     x = 42
>  
> >>    def x(self) [propget]:
> >>        "Doc string for x"
> >>        return self.__x
> 
> >> 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?
> 
> Guido:
> 
> > It's broken.  I expect this to raise an exception at some point.
> > Beyond that, who cares?
> 
> If so, then this decorator is a bad idea.
> 
> I would expect 42 to be the initial value of the property x.

Then I think you have much to learn about properties.

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