Michal Kwiatkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > "Return a property attribute for new-style classes". After reading a bit > about descriptors I've just assumed that property is a handy way to > create (any) descriptors. Learning that it only creates overriding > descriptors was a bit shocking. I'm not suggesting it's bad behavior, > only that it seemed unexpected for an unaware programmer. What at first > glance looked like a shortcut, turned out to be designed for a specific > use case. [...]
Python builtins (especially the newer ones, perhaps) are often targetted fairly tightly on particular use cases. John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
