Set a variable as in setter

[Kless]

On 24 mayo, 12:27, Duncan Booth <duncan.bo... at invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Kless <jonas.... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Is there any way to simplify the next code? Because I'm setting a
> > variable by default of the same way than it's set in the setter.
>
> > -------------------
> > class Foo(object):
> >    def __init__(self, bar):
> >       self._bar = self._change(bar)  # !!! as setter
>
> What's wrong with just doing this?:
>         self.bar = bar

Because 'bar' is going to be modified before of be saved.