Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.python > #82371

Re: is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for> as method or property?

Show all headers | View raw

[Multipart message — attachments visible in raw view] - view raw

On 12/11/2014 09:34 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> 
> def is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for>():
>  pass
> 
> like 'is_even'.
> 
> Should I define it as a classic method
> 
> def is_even(self):
>     pass
> 
> or as a property
> 
> @property
> def is_even(self):
>     pass
> 
> So, a classic method or a property, which one is the Pythonic 3 way for
> such member predicates?

Generally, attributes (and properties look like attributes) are for items that the object already knows the answer to,
and methods are for things that need to be calculated, and may change throughout the life of the object.

--
~Ethan~

Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | Next | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Re: is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for> as method or property? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-12-11 10:34 -0800

csiph-web