On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:54:39 +0100, Michael Foord <fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk> wrote: > On 28/06/2011 11:44, Fred Drake wrote: > > But "callable attributes" aren't the same thing as methods; most are > > methods, > > but not all. Sometimes, they're data used by the object. The fact that > > data attributes can be callable is irrelevant. > > Added to which there are other descriptors, notably property, that are > not directly callable but are not provided as normal "data attributes" > (although the access syntax is the same). Properties are much closer to > methods as they are implemented on the class and fetched via the > descriptor protocol. Instead of "data attributes" I prefer the term > "instance attributes" although that doesn't include "class attributes" > (or more precisely it doesn't cover "class attributes that aren't > descriptors").
Also, instances can have methods as instance attributes. Trying to use 'instance attributes' for non-method attributes is a bad idea, I think. Given that there is no one thing that covers all non-method attributes, I suspect 'non-method attributes' is as good as we're going to manage. -- R. David Murray http://www.bitdance.com _______________________________________________ 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
