Er, that's one of those false dichotomy thingos. It's quite possible to have something like properties in Python: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2.3/

Er, that's one of those false dichotomy thingos. It's quite possible to have something like properties in Python: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2.3/descrintro/#property http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2.3/descrintro/#pr... Hey presto! Now you have the best of both worlds.