[Python-Dev] PEP 8 updates/clarifications

Mon Dec 12 04:59:10 CET 2005

skip at pobox.com wrote:
> Ian> Do not use accessor methods, like ``obj.getFoo()`` and
> Ian> ``obj.setFoo(v)``, instead just expose a public attribute
> Ian> (``obj.foo``). If necessary you can use ``property`` to implement
> Ian> the same functionality that accessor methods would give you.
>> Don't properties only work with new-style clsses? If so, this should
> probably be noted.

In the future, aren't all classes going to become new-style? Was it
going to wait until Py3k, or sometime sooner?
 - Josiah