Re: On properties, use object instead?

"Mukhsein Johari" <[email protected]> wrote

> I'm not sure if objects have set_, get_ methods but if
> they did, we would not need prop keyword to implement
> properties.
>
> Simply (using the example in the tutorial wiki):
>
> O>> object Widget:
> ...    price = 76
> ...    tax   = 2.12
> ...
> 2.12
> O>> w = Widget()
> <Object:c08db8>
> O>> w.tax
> 2.12
> O>> with Widget:
> ...    object tax:        # change tax to a 'property'
> ...       def get_():     # define get_ method
> ...          return self.price * 0.03

OOPS!  You would have to say...

    object tax(Property):    # change tax to a 'property'
        def get_():     # define get_ method
             return self.price * 0.03

Otherwise what Lenard warned about would happen.