On 8 May, 13:56, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > MarkSummerfieldwrote: > > On 8 May, 08:19, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > >> MarkSummerfieldwrote: > >> > I had a quick search & didn't find anything _nice_ that produced > >> > attributes with really private data, so I came up with a possible > >> > solution---for Python 3. > > >> Do really you think what you suggest below is "nice"? > > > Well the code isn't ugly and doesn't mess with the call stack etc. > > >> By the way, your Attribute descriptor stores the value for all instances > >> of A in the same variable... > > > It seems like it does, but it doesn't. The hidden_value is an instance > > variable that is created every time an Attribute object is created. > > >>>> from Attribute import * > >>>> class A: > > a = Attribute("a", 5, lambda *a: True) > > b = Attribute("b", 5, lambda *a: True) > >>>> class B: > > a = Attribute("a", 5, lambda *a: True) > > b = Attribute("b", 5, lambda *a: True) > >>>> a = A() > >>>> b = B() > >>>> a.a,a.b,b.a,b.b > > (5, 5, 5, 5) > >>>> a.a=1;a.b=2;b.a=3;b.b=4 > >>>> a.a,a.b,b.a,b.b > > (1, 2, 3, 4) > > But attribute values are shared between all instances of the same class: > > >>> class A: > > ... x = Attribute("x", 42, lambda *a: True) > ...>>> a = A() > >>> b = A() > >>> a.x, b.x > (42, 42) > >>> a.x = "yadda" > >>> a.x, b.x > > ('yadda', 'yadda') > > Peter
Yes. I did think of trying to create the closures dynamically the first time the getter or setter was called---but that _is_ getting ugly, so I'll give it up:-) Thanks! -- Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd, www.qtrac.eu C++, Python, Qt, PyQt - training and consultancy "Programming in Python 3" - ISBN 0137129297 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list