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List:       python-list
Subject:    Re: built-in 'property'
From:       Steven Bethard <steven.bethard () gmail ! com>
Date:       2004-12-28 18:14:24
Message-ID: 4ohAd.33566$k25.1120 () attbi_s53
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Steven Bethard wrote:
> I seem to be missing some of the messages on this thread, but while 
> we're talking about properties, it's probably instructive to remind 
> people that the functions passed to the property function are not 
> redefinable in subclasses:
> 
> py> class D(C):
> ...     def getx(self):
> ...         return 42
> ...
> py> D(5).x
> 5

Oops, sorry!  Bad copy-paste!  No biscuit!  Ignore the code above here. 
  Important code is below:

> py> class C(object):
> ...     def getx(self):
> ...         return 1
> ...     x = property(getx)
> ...
> py> class D(C):
> ...     def getx(self):
> ...         return 42
> ...
> py> C().x
> 1
> py> D().x
> 1

Steve
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