Python Descriptors

• Main Author: Zimmerman, Jacob (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2016.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer programming.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer Science.; Python.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Programming Techniques.

This short book is a collection of knowledge and ideas from many sources on dealing with and creating Python descriptors. And, after going through the things all descriptors have in common, author Jacob Zimmerman explores concepts that have multiple ways of being implemented, as well as completely n...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: What is a Descriptor
• Chapter 2: The Descriptor Protocol
• Chapter 3: What Are Descriptors Good For?
• Chapter 4: Descriptors in the Standard Library
• Chapter 5: Attribute Access and Descriptors
• Chapter 6: Which Methods Are Needed?
• Chapter 7: Storing the Attributes
• Chapter 8: Read-Only Descriptors
• Chapter 9: Writing _delete_()
• Chapter 10: Descriptors are Classes Too
• Chapter 11: Reusing the Wheel
• Chapter 12: Other Uses of Descriptors in the World.