Re: vote on prop keyword

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:51:26 -0700 Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote:

> Currently I have implemented a "prop" keyword and it is even in the
> tutorial.  I thought we discussed this but apparently I imagined it because
> I couldn't find it in the archives.  The "prop" keyword is just syntax
> sugar.  This is how a property looks without the keyword:
> 
> object Widget:
>      price = 3.72
>      object tax(Property):
>           def get_():
>                return self.price * 0.03
> 
> This is the same thing with the "prop" keyword as syntax sugar:
> 
> object Widget:
>      price = 3.72
>      prop tax:
>          def get_():
>               return self.price * 0.03
> 
> Vote FOR the keeping the keyword or AGAINST the keyword and just typing out
> the object statement.
> 
> If you feel the keyword should be spelled differently then save that for a
> different discussion and don't let that effect your vote.  We can change the
> keyword spelling.
> 
I have no problems with the prop keyword. But if it is a shorthand then is
it necessary for "def"s before get_, set_, and del_?

object Widget:
    price = 3.72
    prop tax:
        get_():  # There is no "def" here
            return self.price * 0.03

Lenard Lindstrom
<[email protected]>