[Python-Dev] Definining properties - a use case for class decorators?

[Guido van Rossum]

On 10/16/05, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On and off, I've been looking for an elegant way to handle properties using
> decorators.
>
> It hasn't really worked, because decorators are inherently single function,
> and properties span multiple functions.
>
> However, it occurred to me that Python already contains a construct for
> grouping multiple related functions together: classes.

Nick, and everybody else trying to find a "solution" for this
"problem", please don't. There's nothing wrong with having the three
accessor methods explicitly in the namespace, it's clear, and probably
less typing (and certainly less indenting!). Just write this:

    class C:
        def getFoo(self): ...
        def setFoo(self): ...
        foo = property(getFoo, setFoo)

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