Quoting Luis Zarrabeitia <ky...@uh.cu>: > > Quoting "Russ P." <russ.paie...@gmail.com>: > > > On Jan 19, 6:24 pm, "James Mills" <prolo...@shortcircuit.net.au> > > wrote: > > > > > Python programmers tend to not have a need for > > > properties. Quite honestly they are a waste of time. > > > They come from traditional OO approaches to software design > > > (and mostly from the Java world). > > > > With statements like that, it's no wonder you don't understand the > > value of encapsulation. > > > [snip] > > > > If you didn't plan ahead and encapsulate the radius from the start, > > properties allow you to save yourself and encapsulate it later without > > breaking the client's code. > > Python programmers don't _need_ to plan ahead and encapsulate the radius > from > the start. That's the whole point. No clairvoyance needed. I kind of like > that.
Oops. I didn't noticed we were agreeing on this last point. Bad english... bad... [btw, I highly doubt James doesn't understand the value of encapsulation. Don't you mean "enforced data hiding" again?] Cya! -- Luis Zarrabeitia Facultad de Matemática y Computación, UH http://profesores.matcom.uh.cu/~kyrie -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
