On 21 Oct 2006 01:17:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am new to Python but come from a C++ background so I am trying to > connect the dots :) . I am really liking what I see so far but have > some nubee questions on what is considered good form. For one thing I > am used to class variables being accessable only through methods > instaed of directly refrenced from the object instence. From what I > have read it looks like when you access a class variable directly in > Python it has something in the background that works similar to a > getter of setter. > > Would you normally write methods to retrive and set your class > variables or just refrence them directly?
It's largely a matter of taste and context I think. For instance, you can trust the user of your code to leave read-only variables read-only in most cases. I don't think there really is any absolutely sure way of introducing private attributes (__ prefix just name-mangles). In other cases, it seems more logical to have 'virtual' attributes, a few canonical examples being temperature conversion and exchange rates; imagine an object that has a number of dollars, Euros, yen, or other major currency as an attribute and uses methods to give the equivalent value in other currencies. -- Theerasak -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
