Python 2.6.4 property decorators not working
decorator, properties, python
Solution
PathInfo must subclass object.
Like this:
class PathInfo(object):
Properties work only on new style classes.
Problem
I've seen many examples online and in this forum of how to create properties in Python with special getters and setters. However, I can't get the special getter and setter methods to execute, nor can I use the @property decorator to transform a property as readonly. I'm using Python 2.6.4 and here is my code. Different methods to use properties are employed, but neither work. ``` class PathInfo: def __init__(self, path): self.setpath(path) def getpath(self): return self.__path def setpath(self, path): if not path: raise TypeError if path.endswith('/'): path = path[:-1] self.__path = path self.dirname = os.path.dirname(path) self.basename = os.path.basename(path) (self.rootname, self.dext) = os.path.splitext(self.basename) self.ext = self.dext[1:] path = property(fget=getpath, fset=setpath) @property def isdir(self): return os.path.isdir(self.__path) @property def isfile(self): return os.path.isfile(self.__path) ```