Python 2.2 properties

[Steven D. Arnold]

Am I misunderstanding how properties work?  It seems that given the
code below, i.a ought to equal 5 no matter what.  What am I doing
wrong?

>>> sys.version
'2.2 (#28, Dec 21 2001, 12:21:22) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)]'
>>> class foo:
...     def __init__(self):
...             self.a = 5
...     def seta(self, value):
...             self._a = 5
...     def geta(self):
...             return self._a
...     a = property(geta, seta)
...     
>>> i = foo()
>>> i.a
5
>>> i.a = 6
>>> i.a
6

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Steven D. Arnold                        stevena at neosynapse.net                        Managing Partner