On Aug 22, 1:18 pm, David Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It works well enough, but I can't help feeling there a cleaner more > readable way of doing this (with less duplication, etc). > > Is this as good as it gets or can this be refined and improved > especially if I was to add in a couple more attributes some fairly > complex over-ride logic? > > #!/usr/bin/env python > > class A(object): > def __init__(self): > self._x = None > self._y = None > > def _set_x(self, value): > self._x = value > > def _get_x(self): > return self._x > > x = property(_get_x, _set_x) > > def _set_y(self, value): > self._y = value > > def _get_y(self): > return self._y > > y = property(_get_y, _set_y)
FWIW, there is a variant of property() that allows you to re-use the same getter/setter code for multiple attributes: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/205126/ Raymond Hettinger -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list