Hi
Can any one explain how property works. It seems to be fine if executed on import i.e. if the property statement is at class scope.
Properties are meant to be used at the class scope. A property is a kind of descriptor. See http://users.rcn.com/python/download/Descriptor.htm for details of descriptors.
If I put the statement inside __init__() then it appears to work ok but when I try to access the property by e.g. klass.x it just tells me it is a property object.
Please show us the code of what you are doing and describe what you are trying to do. There are a lot many things one could do with a property in __init__(). Mostly properties are just defined at the class scope. And rarely would you access klass.x (where x is a property object), mostly you would do instance.x.
Is this statement only designed to work at class scope? I really want to set these properties per instance.
Again, what exactly are you trying to do? The link above has some simple examples of how to use properties.
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