Johnny Lee wrote: > Class A: > def __init__(self): > self.member = 1 > > def getMember(self): > return self.member > > a = A() > > So, is there any difference between a.member and a.getMember? thanks > for your help. :)
Yes. accessor methods for simple attributes are a Javaism that should be avoided in Python. You can always turn an attribute into a property if the need arises to do some calculations behind the scene >>> class A(object): ... def getMember(self): ... return self.a * self.b ... member = property(getMember) ... def __init__(self): ... self.a = self.b = 42 ... >>> A().member 1764 I. e. you are not trapped once you expose a simple attribute. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
