Re: [Pypgsql-users] coding question

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Mignon Laurent wrote:
> Hy,
> 
> In your python abstraction layer (pgsql.py) you directly access the
> __dict__ .  If I understand the code, you use this mechanism in
> conjunction of the overriding of __setattr__ to control the acces to
> some attributes that you want  readonly. 
> I can understand that that was in the past the only way to control
> access to some attributes. Today, python allow you to define property
> and to control access to a variable through getter and setter ...
> The fact that the code access direclyt to the __dict__ is a problem for
> me when I use this module in threads running in restricted mode (access
> is denied!).  Can I rewrite the code to use property and avoid the
> access to the __dict__. Do you think that it is a good thing?

You can of course rewrite the code yourself for your own uses. The reason
pyPgSQL uses tricks with __dict__ is that it was written with Python 2.1
compatibility in mind.

If the code was written today, it would of course be written using modern
Python features :-)

- -- Gerhard
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