On 19 Okt, 18:28, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:39:56 -0700, Lucasm wrote: > > Hi, > > > A question. Is it possible to dynamically override a property? > > > class A(object): > > @property > > def return_five(self): > > return 5 > > > I would like to override the property for an instance of A to say the > > string 'bla'. > >>> class A(object): > > ... _five = 5 # class attribute shared by all instances > ... @property > ... def return_five(self): > ... return self._five > ... > > >>> a = A() > >>> a._five = 'bla' # set an instance attribute > >>> b = A() > >>> print a.return_five > bla > >>> print b.return_five > > 5 > > -- > Steven
Thanks for the answers. I would like to override the property though without making special modifications in the main class beforehand. Is this possible? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list