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

[Aahz]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2005, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> 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. Because this
> is late binding, it can be put before the method definitions, and a
> subclass can override the methods. Example:
> 
> class C:
>     foo = property('getFoo', 'setFoo', None, 'the foo property')

+1

The only other alternative is to introduce some kind of block.  This is
a good solution that is not particularly intrusive; it leaves the door
open to a well-designed block structure later on.  The one niggle I have
is that it's going to be a little unwieldy to explain, but people who
create properties really ought to understand Python well enough to deal
with it.
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