On 29/04/19 11:40 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 11:25:51PM +0530, Arup Rakshit wrote:
Now I am not getting how the __set__() method from NonBlank is being
called inside the __init__() method. Looks like some magic is going on
under the hood. Can anyone please explain this how self.name and
self.email assignment is called the __set__ from NonBlank? What is the
name of this concept?
I haven't read your code in detail, but it sounds like the Descriptor
protocol. Descriptors are used "under the hood" by Python to implement
methods, classmethod, staticmethod and property, among others, and are
considered an advanced technique (only slightly less advanced than
metaclasses).
https://docs.python.org/3/howto/descriptor.html
If you are *not* intentionally trying to write a custom descriptor, you
should not use a __set__ method. (Perhaps you meant __setitem__?)
In general, you should treat all dunder (Double UNDERscore) methods as
private to Python, and only implement those that you need. Don't use
them for your own purposes.
I really didn't write that code by myself. The day I'll you will not see
me here everyday :) . I was watching a PyCon video
https://youtu.be/81S01c9zytE?t=8172 where the author used this code. But
his explanation is not clear to me. The main problem is that the guy who
was recorded it far away from the projector, so what speaker were
showing there is not clear. So thought to ask here as usual. Because I
felt so lost with this trick.
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Thanks,
Arup Rakshit
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