Johnny Lee a écrit : > Alex Martelli 写道: > > >>Johnny Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>But I still wonder what's the difference between the A().getMember and >>>A().member besides the style >> >>Without parentheses after it, getMember is a method. The difference >>between a method object and an integer object (which is what member >>itself is in your example) are many indeed, so your question is very >>strange. You cannot call an integer, you cannot divide methods, etc. >> >> >>Alex > > > Sorry, I didn't express myself clear to you. I mean: > b = A().getMember() > c = A().member > what's the difference between b and c? If they are the same, what's the > difference in the two way to get the value besides the style. >
Second form is better because it makes it easier to refactor. Like, at first A had a direct access to the member member. But later you want to control the access to it. So you change it into a property and you don't need to change client code. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list