On 09/01/2013 02:54 PM, Tim Delaney wrote:
Roy Smith wrote:
Nothing is accessible in Python except via getters and setters. The
only difference between Python and, say, C++ in this regard is that the
Python compiler writes them for you most of the time and doesn't make
you put ()'s at the end of the name
I think Roy is referring to the fact that attribute access is implemented via
__getattr__ / __getattribute__ /
__setattr__ / __delattr__. From one point of view, he's absolutely correct -
nearly all attributes are accessed via
getters/setters in Python.
Seems to me there is a difference between an underlying generic protocol for data manipulation and "Python writing them
[getters/setters] for you".
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