Python Descriptors Understanding and Using the Descriptor Protocol /

• Main Author: Zimmerman, Jacob (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2018.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Python (Computer program language).; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer programming.; Python.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Programming Techniques.

Create descriptors and see ideas and examples of how to use descriptors effectively. In this short book, you'll explore descriptors in general, with a deep explanation of what descriptors are, how they work, and how they're used. Once you understand the simplicity of the descriptor protoco...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: About Descriptors
• 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
• Part II: Making 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 To
• Chapter 11: Reusing the Wheel
• Chapter 12: Instance-Level Descriptors
• Chapter 13: Other Uses of Descriptors in the World.