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Re: Making every no-arg method a property?

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On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> A
> plethora of argument-less methods is a code smell -- that doesn't mean it's
> *necessarily* a bad idea, but the class design really needs a careful
> review.

There are plenty of no-argument mutator methods, where the name of the
method (and the target object, obviously) is all the info you need.
You can clear() or copy() something with any more info, reverse() a
list, pop() from a list, etc. (Okay, the last one has a default
argument, but that raises an even worse point: adding a defaulted
argument to a no-argument method suddenly stops it from being a
property, which violates the usual rule that you can add a defaulted
argument to anything without breaking anything.)

ChrisA

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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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