Question

I am just starting Python, so bear with me if I am missing something obvious. I have read about the decorators and how they work, and I am trying to understand how this gets translated:

class SomeObject(object):

    @property
    def test(self):
        return "some value"

    @test.setter   
    def test(self, value):
        print(value)

From what I have read, this should be turned into:

class SomeObject(object):

    def test(self):
        return "some value"

    test = property(test)

    def test(self, value):
        print(value)

    test = test.setter(test)

However when I try this, I get

AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'setter'

Can someone explain how the translation works in that case?

Answer 1

The reason you’re getting that AttributeError is that def test re-defines test in the scope of the class. Function definitions in classes are in no way special.

Your example would work like this

class SomeObject(object):

    def get_test(self):
        return "some value"

    def set_test(self, value):
        print(value)

    test = property(get_test)
    test = test.setter(set_test)
    # OR
    test = property(get_test, set_test)