Duck punching in a property in python

Question

I'd like to be able to add a property http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#property to an object (a specific instance of a class). Is this possible?

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UPDATE: Answered by delnan in the comments

Dynamically adding @property in python

Answer 1

Following code works :

#!/usr/bin/python

class C(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self._x = None

    def getx(self):
        print "getting"
        return self._x
    def setx(self, value):
        print "setting"
        self._x = value
    def delx(self):
        del self._x
    x = property(getx, setx, delx, "I'm the 'x' property.")

s = C()

s.x = "test"
C.y = property(C.getx, C.setx, C.delx, "Y property")
print s.y

But I am not sure you should be doing it.

Answer 2

class A:
    def __init__(self):
       self.a=10

a=A()
print a.__dict__
b=A()
setattr(b,"new_a",100)
print b.__dict__

Hope this solves your problem.

a.__dict__  #{'a': 10}
b.__dict__  #{'a': 10, 'new_a': 100}