[PyQt] dip model types, properties, and syntax

[Phil Thompson]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:31:48 -0400, Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> class ExampleModel(Model):
>>
>>     name = Str()
>>
>>     @name.getter
>>     def name(self):
>>         return self._name
> 
> I have an additional suggestion to follow up on this syntax. If a
> model type's __call__ method were changed to call its getter method,
> rather than return the default value, I think it would be possible to
> do:
> 
> class Test(Model):
> 
>     foo = Str()
> 
>     @Str()
>     def bar(self):
>         return self._bar
> 
> 
> That seems like a natural extension of the syntax to me, very similar
> to using python's property built-in as a decorator.

Agreed - implemented in the current snapshot.

> As things
> currently stand, I thought we should already be able to do:
> 
> class Test(Model):
> 
>     foo = Str()
> 
>     @Str().getter
>     def bar(self):
>         return self._bar
> 
> 
> but for reasons I don't understand, that raises a SyntaxError.

I don't understand either...

Phil