On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Mike Klaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11-Nov-08, at 4:16 PM, Mark Dickinson wrote: >> >> More generally, what are the guidelines for determining >> when it's appropriate to make something a property rather >> than a method? > > Both are awkward on numeric types in python, necessitating brackets or a > space before the dot: > > (1).__doc__ > 1 .__doc__
It's only awkward on constants, which should be pretty rare for a numbits property. The expected use case is on a variable. -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus _______________________________________________ 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
