switching an instance variable between a property and a normal value

[Nick Coghlan]

Steven Bethard wrote:
> where I also accept *args and **kwds when the default value is to be 
> called.  It's certainly doable with a flag, but note that I have to 
> check the flag every time in both __getitem__ and setdefault.

Alternatively, always use a function for the default value, and set _func to 
lambda: x when working by value :)

Cheers,
Nick.


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