On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > And there are times when using getters and setters is the right choice. > Properties should only be used for quite lightweight calculations, because > attribute access is supposed to be fast. If your calculation is complex, > time-consuming or might fail, using a property is a bad idea and you should > use an explicit getter method, possibly with a setter if needed.
I agree except that in this scenario you should probably use a verb other than "get", since getters should also be fast. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
