21301.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding=utf-8

"""
study __getattr__ and __setattr__
"""

class Rectangle(object):
    """
    the width and length of Rectangle
    """
    def __init__(self):
        self.width = 0
        self.length = 0

    def setSize(self, size):
        self.width, self.length = size
    def getSize(self):
        return self.width, self.length
    size = property(getSize, setSize)

class NewRectangle(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.width = 0
        self.length = 0

    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
        if name == "size":
            self.width, self.length = value
        else:
            self.__dict__[name] = value

    def __getattr__(self, name):
        if name == "size":
            return self.width, self.length
        else:
            raise AttributeError

if __name__ == "__main__":
    r = NewRectangle()
    r.width = 3
    r.length = 4
    print r.size
    r.size = 30, 40
    print r.width
    print r.length