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Mon Dec 12 04:59:10 CET 2005 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-December/058567.html

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     Ian> Do not use accessor methods, like ``obj.getFoo()`` and
>     Ian> ``obj.setFoo(v)``, instead just expose a public attribute
>     Ian> (``obj.foo``).  If necessary you can use ``property`` to implement
>     Ian> the same functionality that accessor methods would give you.
> 
> Don't properties only work with new-style clsses?  If so, this should
> probably be noted.

In the future, aren't all classes going to become new-style?  Was it
going to wait until Py3k, or sometime sooner?

 - Josiah

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