On 10/31/07, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > @property
> > def encoding(self):
> > return self._encoding
> >
> > @propset(encoding)
> > def encoding(self, value=None):
> > if value is not None:
> > unicode("0", value) # Test it
> > self._encoding = value
>
> That's reasonably nice, although I'm not sure about the
> name "propset" -- it sounds like a repair kit for an
> aircraft. Maybe something like "setproperty" would be
> better.
I'm open for a naming contest.
> But there's something that bothers me about the whole
> propery mechanism -- there's no straightforward way for
> a property accessor to call the inherited version from
> a base class.
Isn't there? You can just use super() ISTR, though I haven't had the
need myself and don't recall the exact syntax.
--
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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