Jim> For debugging purposes, it's easy to add a property to allow
Jim> debugging of attribute assignment.
Assuming you use new-style classes, which I often don't. The property/debug
idea that you and Gustavo have both now mentioned makes them a bit more
attractive.
Is there a new-style class HOW-TO somewhere? It would be useful to
summarize the advantages for them. I still have this thought stuck in my
head (from where, I don't know, probably incorrect) that one of the main
reasons for new-style classes was to get rid of __dict__.
Jim> Having to write accessors for all your public methods doesn't seem
Jim> consistent with rapid development.
I'd rather trade the 30 seconds it takes to write a simple accessor method
when I need it than the minute or two it takes to figure out where my
attribute got stomped.
I guess it mostly boils down to a matter of taste. Did I also mention that
most of the programmers here are C++ folk? They have their beloved inline
keyword. <wink>
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