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What Are Descriptors Good For?

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Nothing is perfect in this world, and Python’s descriptors are no exception. Descriptors allow you to do some pretty cool things, but those cool things come at a cost. Here, we discuss the good and the bad.

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Zimmerman, J. (2018). What Are Descriptors Good For?. In: Python Descriptors. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3727-4_3

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