[Tutor] Learning class code and function

[Alan Gauld]

On 20/01/15 12:04, jarod_v6 at libero.it wrote:
> Dear all, I continue to try to understand some code:
> class Tutto():
>
>      def __init__(self):
>          print "Ok"
>     #@property
>      def readsets(self,nome):
>          self.nome = nome
>          self._readsets = parse_tutto_readset_file(self.nome)
>          return self._readsets
>
> Why If uncomment the decorator the code not work:

My understanding of the @property decorator is that it is only for 
defining read-only properties. In other wordss it expects you to use it 
like:

t = Tutto()
myvar = t.readsets

notice no parens and no parameters.

If you want to read the data from a file I'd suggest making the file 
part of the constructor and then use readsets as shown above:

class Tutto:
    def __init__(self, filename):
       self.filename = filename
       print 'ok'
    @property
    def readsets(self):
       self._readsets = parse_tutto_readset_file(self.nome)
       return self._readsets

p = Tutto("/home/mauro/Desktop/readset.csv")
var = p.readsets


I'd also question why you seem to have a function that has the class 
name in its name? Should that function not be a method of the class?
Or is it part of some third party library perhaps?

hth
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