On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 3:49 AM, Joseph L. Casale <jcas...@activenetwerx.com> wrote: > Right, but _private refers to an api call that is expensive and may not even > be accessed, > so while I may new up three instances of Test across a, b and c, if none of > those end up > accessing var x, it shouldn't get fetched. Without some deferred execution, > if the value > of _private is a callable whose return value is what I am interested in, it > gets invoked the > moment the class is compiled. > > In the non static sense this is trivial to accomplish with the descriptor > protocol, I am just not > clear for the static sense.
One solution is to use descriptor protocol on the class, which means using a metaclass. I'm not sure it's the best option, but it is an option. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
