[Python-ideas] Fix that broken callable builtin

[Ionel Cristian Mărieș]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> The __get__ method of the descriptor, whether of 'property' or something
> home-grown, is the "arbitrary code", and could conceivably be quite
> complex and/or slow -- especially if it has to hit the network to determine
> whether a proxy object is callable.
>

​Well indeed. But any property could do evil stuff on attribute access (as
opposed to a call), should the programmer choose so. I don't see how this
is relevant.​

Thanks,
-- Ionel Cristian Mărieș, http://blog.ionelmc.ro
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