[Tutor] Need help with the property function

[Prasad, Ramit]

I do not think you can override a property.


Ramit



Ramit Prasad | JPMorgan Chase Investment Bank | Currencies Technology
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From: tutor-bounces+ramit.prasad=jpmchase.com at python.org [mailto:tutor-bounces+ramit.prasad=jpmchase.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Jim Byrnes
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:34 PM
To: tutor at python.org
Subject: [Tutor] Need help with the property function

I'm trying to teach myself OOP in python (again). The following code 
from Dawson's book runs fine, unaltered [1].

class Critter(object):
	""" A virtual pet """
	def __init__(self, name):
		print "A new critter is born"
		self.name = name
		
	def get_name(self):
		return self.__name
	
	def set_name(self, new_name):
		if new_name == "":
			print "A critters name cant be the empty string"
		else:
			self.__name = new_name
			print "Name change successful"	

			
	name = property(get_name, set_name) #[1]
	# name = property(get_name) #[2]
	#different_name = property(get_name) #[3]

	def talk(self):
		print "Hi. I'm", self.name

If I change [1] to [2] I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "propertycritter.py", line 26, in <module>
     crit = Critter("Poochie")
   File "propertycritter.py", line 7, in __init__
     self.name = name
AttributeError: can't set attribute

If I change [1] to [3] the program runs with no errors.

Could someone please explain why I am seeing these results.

Thanks,  Jim
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