Re: [SQLObject] a third way of accessing attributes

[Nick <ni...@dd...>]

On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 07:38, Bud P.Bruegger wrote:
> Some time ago, Nick and Ian (and others?) discussed about two ways of
> exposing SQL data through object attributes:
> 
> * metaclasses (current SQLObject) that set properties
> * __getattr__ and __setattr__
> 
> There seems to be a third way:
> 
> * Adding methods and properties (attributes) to a class at runtime 
>   (sans metaclasses).  

The problem with this approach is that you won't be able to
automatically resolve foreign keys at access time unless the method for
accessing foreign keys is only handled through methods, which both
__getattr__ and properties do.

Nick