Metaclass v.s. Property function.

[Duncan Booth]

Jens Thiede <jensthiede at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't like the property function, usable in the new-style classes,
> because having to remember to manage a list of "foo = property(...)"
> assignments just plain sucks, so I wrote a metaclass that does things
> a little differently. Please have a look and tell me whether this is
> useful or impractical. The metaclass is here:
> http://pastebin.com/m5b06b571 and some simple testcode is here:
> http://pastebin.com/m382f2ae9. Notice the first line though.
> 
Here's something I posted a while back which lets you use property as a 
decorator:

         class C(object):
            def __init__(self, colour):
                self._colour = colour

            @property.set
            def colour(self, value):
                self._colour = value

            @property.get
            def colour(self):
                return self._colour

            @property.delete
            def colour(self):
                self._colour = 'none' 

See:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b442d08c9a019a8/8a381be5edc26340

Whether you like that style is of course a matter of personal opinion.