Re: is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for> as method or property?

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From	Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@loskot.net>
Date	2014-12-12 22:03 +0100
Subject	Re: is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for> as method or property?
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.16927.1418418244.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On 12 December 2014 at 12:26, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@loskot.net> wrote:
>> I've got several cases which are not obvious to me.
>> For instance, class Foo has a boolean attribute, read-write,
>> which I see a couple of realisations for possible:
>>
>
> 0) Attribute only.
>
> class Foo:
>     pass
>
> Foo().default = True
>
> Unless you need something more than this, go with this style. Much simpler.

Agreed, in general, but if the question was related to such simple case,
I wouldn't bother asking it.

I mentioned, setting the new value involves more changes to Foo()
instance, so i's not possible to capture it with just an assignment.
Hence, the discussion between property vs method.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz  Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net

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Re: is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for> as method or property? Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@loskot.net> - 2014-12-12 22:03 +0100
  Re: is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for> as method or property? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-13 22:24 +1100
    Re: is_<whatever_you_are_testing_for> as method or property? Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@loskot.net> - 2014-12-15 10:56 +0100

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