<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I have a class with a name attribute, which I want to modify using > property.The following code works just fine: > > class Portfolio(object): > > def __init__( self, name="Port1"): > self.name=name > > def getname(self): > return self._name > > def setname(self,newname="Port2"): > self._name=newname > > name=property(getname,setname,None,None) > > However, it no longer works if I modify getname and setname to
What does 'no longer works' mean? Do you get and exception and traceback? If so, what? > def getname(self): > return self.name > def setname(self,newname="Port2"): > self.name=newname These both look like infinite loops. Did you got the related exceptions? > > Why is it so critical to have getname and setname modify _name and not > name? The constructor does not make name a private attribute, so why do > getname and setname have to treat it as such? I believe because getting and setting name calls getname and setname. The initializer (not constructor) setting of name results in a call to setname. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
