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		j_baker on May 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python FAQ: Descriptors Descriptors are among the blackest of Python's black magic, but they serve a very useful purpose. Thanks for helping to make them easier to understand.

lucian1900 on May 25, 2012 [–]

An interesting usage of descriptors not mentioned in the article are bound methods, which turn Class.function(self, x) into instance.method(x).

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