George Sakkis wrote: > Steven Bethard wrote: > >> David Isaac wrote: >>> Le mercredi 06 septembre 2006 16:33, Alan Isaac a écrit : >>>>> Suppose a class has properties and I want to change the >>>>> setter in a derived class. If the base class is mine, I can do this: >>>>> http://www.kylev.com/2004/10/13/fun-with-python-properties/ >>>>> Should I? (I.e., is that a good solution?) >>> "Maric Michaud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Why not ? This ontroduce the notion of public getter a la C++/Java while >>> the >>>> property is overloadable by itself (as below), but it's correct design >>> IMHO. >>> >>> More support for lambda, it seems... >> Well, lambda's not going away[1], but there's no *need* for lambda here. >> It could be written as:: > > Sure, it *could*; whether it *should* is a different issue. I can't > imagine a case for absolute *need* of lambda, but there are several > cases where it is probably the best way, such as the one of this > thread.
I'd contend that the "right" solution in this particular case is to use a descriptor that creates a property with late-binding lookup. That way you don't even need the extra function call that the lambda is providing. Try using one of the following recipies: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/408713 http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/442418 That's not to say that there aren't other situations where a lambda might be the best solution. STeVe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list