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8.2.1 The function property

The special function property links an attribute to such a getter, setter, and deleter method. It might also be used to assign a documentation string to an attribute:

attribute = property(fget = get_attr, fset = set_attr, 
                     fdel = del_attr, doc = string)

We continue with the previous example with a setter method and consider the class Triangle again. If the following statement is included in the definition of this class, the command tr.B = <something> invokes the setter method set_B:

B = property(fget = get_B, fset = set_B, fdel = del_B, 
doc = ’The point B of a triangle’)

Let's modify the Triangle class accordingly:

class Triangle:
    def __init__(self, A, B, C):
        self._A = array(A)
        self._B = array(B)
        self._C = array(C)
        self._a = self._C - self._B
        self._b = self._C - self._A
        self._c = self._B - self._A
    def area(self):
        return abs(cross(self._c...
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Claus Führer

Claus Führer is a professor of scientific computations at Lund University, Sweden. He has an extensive teaching record that includes intensive programming courses in numerical analysis and engineering mathematics across various levels in many different countries and teaching environments. Claus also develops numerical software in research collaboration with industry and received Lund University's Faculty of Engineering Best Teacher Award in 2016.
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