In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: |> Nick Maclaren wrote: |> > The way that I read it, Python allows only values (and hence types) |> > to be immutable, and not class members. The nearest approach to the |> > latter is to use the name hiding conventions. |> > |> > Is that correct? |> |> You can also make properties that don't allow writing. |> |> class Foo(object): |> |> def __init__(self, bar): |> self._bar = bar |> |> @property |> def bar(self): |> return self._bar
Thanks very much. And, what's more, I have even found its documentation! Whatsnew2.2. The 2.4.2 reference is, er, unhelpful. One of Python's less-lovable attributes is the inscrutability of its documentation :-( But you knew that .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
