[Python-projects] pylint complains when initializing attribute via property()

[Sylvain Thénault]

Hi Skip,

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 11:40:37AM -0600, skip at pobox.com wrote:
> 
> Suppose I have a new-style class which uses a property() call to define a
> setter:
> 
>     class C(object):
>         def __init__(self):
>             self.a = 5
>         def set_a(self, val):
>             self._a = val
>         def get_a(self):
>             return self._a
>         a = property(get_a, set_a)
> 
> pylint complains that self._a is initialized outside of __init__.  It would
> be nice if it could figure out that C.set_a is a valid place to initialize
> self._a.  (I realize this may well not be a trivial request.)

I've no time to work on this right now, but I've added a ticket to the
project so we don't forget this: http://www.logilab.org/ticket/4593

Thanks for your report, regards
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