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

[Greg Ewing]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> Let's change the property built-in so that its arguments can be either
> functions or strings (or None).
> 
> If an argument is a string, it should be a method name, and the method
> is looked up by that name each time the property is used.

That sounds reasonable.

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