[Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications

[Jim Fulton]

Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote:
...

>   IMHO, if getting a property involves a potentially long computation,
> it's better to have an accessor method rather than a property;
> xpto.getFoobar() hints right away the programmer that to access that
> value some code has to be run, so the programmer is more likely to store
> the result in a temp variable for use in the same context, instead of
> calling it multiple times.  Similar reasoning applites for setter vs
> property =.

That's why, in my suggested writeup, I suggested that attributes should
be used if the accessors are trivial.

Jim

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