Python: Generic getters and setters

Question

TL;DR: Having to define a unique set of getters and setters for each property()\'d variable sucks. Can I define generic getters and setters and use them with whatever

Answer 1

A colleague of mine suggested using closures to return getter and setter functions, which is what I've decided to use.

class Foo(object):
    def setter(var):
        def set(self, value):
            setattr(self, var, value+' unicorn')
        return set

    def getter(var):
        def get(self):
            return getattr(self, var)+' sasquatch'
        return get

    bar = property(getter('_bar'), setter('_bar'))

f = Foo()
f.foo = 'hi'
print f.foo

But thank you all for your answers :)