[Tutor] property built-in

[wesley chun]

> >     x= property(**x())
> >
> > questions:
> >     1: why doesn't there have to be a self in x()?
>
> x is not a "normal" class method.  It is only used as a container to
> hold the "real" methods which are returned in the locals() dictionary.


on a related note, if you're using Python 2.4 and newer, you can
simplfy your code a bit by replacing the call to property() with a
decorator for x, as in:

@property
def x():
    :

cheers,
-- wesley
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