Do I need setters/getters in python?
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Mon Jun 8 16:27:14 EDT 2020
On 6/8/2020 4:10 PM, zljubisic at gmail.com wrote:
> Consider this code:
>
>
> class SetGet:
>
> _x = 1
>
> @property
> def x(self):
> return self._x
>
> @x.setter
> def x(self, value):
> self._x = value
>
>
> class Dynamic:
>
> x = 1
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>
> a = SetGet()
>
> print(f'x = {a.x}')
> a.x = 2
> print(f'x = {a.x}')
>
> a = Dynamic()
> print(f'x = {a.x}')
> a.x = 2
> print(f'x = {a.x}')
>
>
> Output is the same:
>
> x = 1
> x = 2
> x = 1
> x = 2
>
> If I have public property and I am not doing any transformation with data that is used to sat variable value... do I need a setter/getter at all?
No!
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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