[Python-ideas] Should function attributes be properties?

[Guido van Rossum]

You're misunderstanding descriptors. Descriptors only work when placed
in a class.

On 5/2/07, Joel Bender <jjb5 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> I was expecting this to work:
>
>      class myprop(property):
>          def __get__(self, obj, cls): print "get", obj, cls
>          def __set__(self, obj, value): print "set", obj, value
>
>      def f(x):
>          print 'f'
>          f.p
>
>      f.p = myprop()
>
> So it comes out like this:
>
>      >>> f(2)
>      f
>      get <function f at 0x61270> None
>
> Is this a bug?  Or was it not in the scope of what properties would be
> used for?  Is this PEP material?
>
>
> Joel
>
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