Metaclass v.s. Property function.

[Jens Thiede]

I don't like the property function, usable in the new-style classes,
because having to remember to manage a list of "foo = property(...)"
assignments just plain sucks, so I wrote a metaclass that does things
a little differently. Please have a look and tell me whether this is
useful or impractical. The metaclass is here: http://pastebin.com/m5b06b571
and some simple testcode is here: http://pastebin.com/m382f2ae9.
Notice the first line though.

Thanks for any replies,

Jens Thiede.

[Duncan Booth]

Re: Metaclass v.s. Property function.

Jens Thiede <jensthiede@gma il.comwrote:

I don't like the property function, usable in the new-style classes,
because having to remember to manage a list of "foo = property(...)"
assignments just plain sucks, so I wrote a metaclass that does things
a little differently. Please have a look and tell me whether this is
useful or impractical. The metaclass is here:
http://pastebin.com/m5b06b571 and some simple testcode is here:
http://pastebin.com/m382f2ae9. Notice the first line though.
>

Here's something I posted a while back which lets you use property as a
decorator:

class C(object):
def __init__(self, colour):
self._colour = colour

@property.set
def colour(self, value):
self._colour = value

@property.get
def colour(self):
return self._colour

@property.delet e
def colour(self):
self._colour = 'none'

See:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b442d08c9a019a8/8a381be5edc26340

Whether you like that style is of course a matter of personal opinion.

[Dustan]

Re: Metaclass v.s. Property function.

On Aug 11, 7:33 am, Jens Thiede <jensthi...@gma il.comwrote:

I don't like the property function, usable in the new-style classes,
because having to remember to manage a list of "foo = property(...)"
assignments just plain sucks, so I wrote a metaclass that does things
a little differently. Please have a look and tell me whether this is
useful or impractical. The metaclass is here:http://pastebin.com/m5b06b571
and some simple testcode is here:http://pastebin.com/m382f2ae9.
Notice the first line though.

Are you overusing property, by any chance? In your example, bar seems
to be an unneeded property; it could just be a normal attribute.

[Jens Thiede]

Re: Metaclass v.s. Property function.

On Aug 11, 6:06 pm, Duncan Booth <duncan.bo...@i nvalid.invalidw rote:

Jens Thiede <jensthi...@gma il.comwrote:

I don't like the property function, usable in the new-style classes,
because having to remember to manage a list of "foo = property(...)"
assignments just plain sucks, so I wrote a metaclass that does things
a little differently. Please have a look and tell me whether this is
useful or impractical. The metaclass is here:
http://pastebin.com/m5b06b571and some simple testcode is here:
http://pastebin.com/m382f2ae9. Notice the first line though.

>
Here's something I posted a while back which lets you use property as a
decorator:
>
class C(object):
def __init__(self, colour):
self._colour = colour
>
@property.set
def colour(self, value):
self._colour = value
>
@property.get
def colour(self):
return self._colour
>
@property.delet e
def colour(self):
self._colour = 'none'
>
See:http://groups.google.co.uk/group/com...e_thread/threa...
>
Whether you like that style is of course a matter of personal opinion.

Thanks, a very simple but a great and more "pythonic" idea.