Jason NovingerM to Python • 6 months agoDon't use Python's propertywww.b-list.orgmessage-square6arrow-up115arrow-down13
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minus-squareTroylinkfedilink18•6 months agoTl;dr: don’t use @property during design, it’s almost certainly the wrong pattern. But use it to retrofit a method to a value.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoYup. I pretty much only use it if I need to ensure new values are valid or provide a default value. I do the same in other languages, like C# and JavaScript. Properties are cool, but should be quite rare.
Tl;dr: don’t use @property during design, it’s almost certainly the wrong pattern. But use it to retrofit a method to a value.
Yup. I pretty much only use it if I need to ensure new values are valid or provide a default value.
I do the same in other languages, like C# and JavaScript. Properties are cool, but should be quite rare.