Jim> That's why, in my suggested writeup, I suggested that attributes Jim> should be used if the accessors are trivial.
In my experience it's difficult to find the locations where another module mucks with your object's state. Using properties or accessor methods coupling between modules is reduced and you can be more confident that the only place an object's state is modified directly is in its own code. Skip _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com