Josiah Carlson wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Ian> Do not use accessor methods, like ``obj.getFoo()`` and
>> Ian> ``obj.setFoo(v)``, instead just expose a public attribute
>> Ian> (``obj.foo``). If necessary you can use ``property`` to implement
>> Ian> the same functionality that accessor methods would give you.
>>
>> Don't properties only work with new-style clsses? If so, this should
>> probably be noted.
>
> In the future, aren't all classes going to become new-style? Was it
> going to wait until Py3k, or sometime sooner?
Going the Java route (no implicit base class) would be an interim step along
that road (i.e., a release or two where there is no default __metaclass__
fallback).
Any old code could be fixed by putting "from types import ClassType as
__metaclass__" at the top of the affected modules.
Cheers,
Nick.
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