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Re: is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for> as method or property?

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Date Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:33:23 +1100
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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:

> A property should be used if what you're creating is "virtually an
> attribute".

Methods are attributes. Are you distinguishing here between “callable
attribute” versus “non-callable attribute”?

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Re: is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for> as method or property? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-12-12 08:33 +1100

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