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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-09-06 22:02:58 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-09-06 22:02:58 (GMT)
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Rename 'getset' to 'property'.
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@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ Core
"cooperative super calls" in a multiple inheritance setting. For an
explanation, see http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html#cooperation
-- A new built-in type, getset, has been added. This enables the
- creation of "computed attributes". Such attributes are implemented
- by getter and setter functions (or only one of these for read-only
- or write-only attributes), without the need to override
- __getattr__. See http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html#getset
+- A new built-in type, property, has been added. This enables the
+ creation of "properties". These are attributes implemented by
+ getter and setter functions (or only one of these for read-only or
+ write-only attributes), without the need to override __getattr__.
+ See http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html#property
- The syntax of floating-point and imaginary literals has been
liberalized, to allow leading zeroes. Examples of literals now