I'm astonished that no-one has described that properties are bound methods of a descriptor course, Adam Donohue and NeilenMarais get at just this concept in their posts -- that getters and setters are features and can be employed to: @property is often a tool to assist you to handle issues https://share.evernote.com/note/3d05d401-bf05-0356-8ef1-7f062145b888