[Python-Dev] PEP 318 - generality of list; restrictions on elements

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

On Wednesday 10 March 2004 08:43 pm, Aahz wrote:
 > That's why I said "kind of callable"; from the user's POV, they act like
 > callables because you invoke them with call syntax, just like methods.

My first reaction to this was "Since when??!?"

If the only descriptors you're thinking about are things that return callables 
from the __get__() method, it makes sense that you've made this mistake.  
What needs to be considered though is that not all descriptors provide 
callable results.  Remember that "property" is a descriptor type; instances 
of property are not normally callable.


  -Fred

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