Referring to class methods in class attributes

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Mark Lawrence a écrit :
> Ben Finney wrote:
>> Bruno Desthuilliers <bdesth.quelquechose at free.quelquepart.fr> writes:
>>
>>> Mmmm... Let's try to explain the whole damn thing. It's really (and
>>> IMHO beautifully) simple once you get it, but I agree it's a bit
>>> peculiar when compared to most mainstream OO languages.
>> […]
>>
>> Bruno, that's the first time I've understood the descriptor protocol, or
>> even understood *why* the descriptor protocol is important.
>>
>> Could you please post (a version of) this as a separate article
>> somewhere? A weblog post, or a new thread in this forum, or in the
>> documentation? Somewhere that web searches will find it prominently when
>> searching for the Python descriptor protocol.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
> 
> I'll second, third and fourth this request.  More please Bruno, or from 
> anybody similarly qualified.
> 
> Thanks very much.


First, thanks Ben and Mark for the kind words...

I never tried to google for them, but there must be at least 4 previous 
posts here where I tried to explain the topic. Perhaps this latest 
attempt was better ?-) But anyway : if it's about making this text 
easier to find, it seems that posting it here is not the most efficient 
solution !-)

Anyway : I don't have a blog and don't really have enough time / 
motivation for blogging. Now if anyone is willing and able to host such 
  a text on his own website / blog / whatever, I'd be happy to rework it 
a bit.

/wrt to have it in the documentation and the "from anybody similarly 
qualified", there's already a pretty comprehensive article in the 
official docs (well : linked from the official docs), from someone who's 
_way_ more qualified that I'll ever be - FWIW, everything I explained 
here and all my knowledge of the descriptor protocol, methods etc come 
from this article:

http://users.rcn.com/python/download/Descriptor.htm

But I understand it can be a bit intimidating for newcomers, so yes, 
perhaps a lighter introductory text could be helpful. So guys, if you 
think a revised version of my post would be of interest, I'll take you 
on words: provide the hosting, I'll provide the content !-)

B.