For read-only properties I use the decorator, else I usually do something like this:
class Bla(object):
def sneaky():
def fget(self):
return self._sneaky
def fset(self, value):
self._sneaky = value
return locals()
sneaky = property(**sneaky())
update:
Recent versions of python enhanced the decorator approach:
class Bla(object):
@property
def elegant(self):
return self._elegant
@elegant.setter
def elegant(self, value):
self._elegant = value