wesley chun wrote: >>> x= property(**x()) >>> >>> questions: >>> 1: why doesn't there have to be a self in x()? >> x is not a "normal" class method. It is only used as a container to >> hold the "real" methods which are returned in the locals() dictionary. > > > on a related note, if you're using Python 2.4 and newer, you can > simplfy your code a bit by replacing the call to property() with a > decorator for x, as in: > > @property > def x(): > :
I don't think so. This will wrap x itself as a property, equivalent to x = property(x) which is not the same as Lloyd's code which turns the dict returned by x into a property: x = property(**x()) Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
