Does Python really follow its philosophy of "Readability counts"?

[Delaney, Timothy (Tim)]

Terry Reedy wrote:

>> The compiled code differs.
> 
> I *strongly* doubt that.  Properties are designed to be transparent to
> user code that access atrributes through the usual dotted name
> notation precisely so that class code can be changed from
>    x = ob
> to
>    x = property(get_x, set_x, del_x)
> without changing user code.

He was talking about C# with that statement. In C#, the compiled code
differs depending on whether you use a property or an attribute. Or at
least that's how I interpreted it.

You are of course correct as to how Python does it.

Tim Delaney