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Re: Making every no-arg method a property?

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On Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:39:18 -0700, Christian Calderon wrote:

> I have been using python for 4 years now, and I just started learning
> ruby.
> I like that in ruby I don't have to type parenthesis at the end of each
> function call if I don't need to provide extra arguments. I just
> realized right now that I can do something similar in python, if I make
> all methods with only the implicitly passed 'self' into properties.
> Which means I can either do some fancy coding and make a metaclass that
> does this auto-magically, or I have to have property decorators all over
> the place :-P . I was wondering what other thought of this, is it an
> overly fanciful way of coding python, or is it an acceptable thing to do
> in a real project?
> Also, would anyone be interested in helping me make this metaclass?
> <div dir="ltr">I have been using python for 4 years now, and I just
> started learning ruby. I like that in ruby I don&#39;t have to type
> parenthesis at the end of each function call if I don&#39;t need to
> provide extra arguments. I just realized right now that I can do
> something similar in python, if I make all methods with only the
> implicitly passed &#39;self&#39; into properties. Which means I can
> either do some fancy coding and make a metaclass that does this
> auto-magically, or I have to have property decorators all over the place
> :-P . I was wondering what other thought of this, is it an overly
> fanciful way of coding python, or is it an acceptable thing to do in a
> real project? Also, would anyone be interested in helping me make this
> metaclass?</div>

import this

Special Cases are not special enough


This is a horrible idea for python code


-- 
Once is happenstance,
Twice is coincidence,
Three times is enemy action.
		-- Auric Goldfinger

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Making every no-arg method a property? Christian Calderon <calderon.christian760@gmail.com> - 2014-08-05 12:39 -0700
  Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2014-08-05 13:57 -0700
  Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-05 21:14 +0000
    Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-08-06 10:34 +1200
      Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-06 05:13 +0000
        Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2014-08-06 09:53 -0700
      Re: Making every no-arg method a property? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-08-06 10:09 +0000
        Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-08-06 15:04 -0400
  Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-06 10:49 +1000
    Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-06 12:07 +1000
      Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-06 09:15 +0000
        Re: Making every no-arg method a property? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-06 21:26 +1000
  Re: Making every no-arg method a property? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-08-06 10:12 +0000

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