Dustan schrieb: > Looking at this interactive session: > >>>> class A(object): > def __init__(self, a): > self.a = a > def get_a(self): return self.__a > def set_a(self, new_a): self.__a = new_a > a = property(get_a, set_a) > > >>>> class B(A): > b = property(get_a, set_a) > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#11>", line 1, in <module> > class B(A): > File "<pyshell#11>", line 2, in B > b = property(get_a, set_a) > NameError: name 'get_a' is not defined >>>> class B(A): > b = a > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#13>", line 1, in <module> > class B(A): > File "<pyshell#13>", line 2, in B > b = a > NameError: name 'a' is not defined > > B isn't recognizing its inheritence of A's methods get_a and set_a > during creation. > > Why am I doing this? For an object of type B, it makes more sense to > reference the attribute 'b' than it does to reference the attribute > 'a', even though they are the same, in terms of readability.
I think you are having a code smell here. However, this is how you do it: class B(A): b = A.a Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list