""" A line item for a bulk food order has description, weight and price fields:: >>> raisins = LineItem('Golden raisins', 10, 6.95) >>> raisins.weight, raisins.description, raisins.price (10, 'Golden raisins', 6.95) A ``subtotal`` method gives the total price for that line item:: >>> raisins.subtotal() 69.5 The weight of a ``LineItem`` must be greater than 0:: >>> raisins.weight = -20 Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: value must be > 0 No change was made:: >>> raisins.weight 10 The value of the attributes managed by the descriptors are stored in alternate attributes, created by the descriptors in each ``LineItem`` instance:: >>> raisins = LineItem('Golden raisins', 10, 6.95) >>> dir(raisins) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE ['_Quantity#0', '_Quantity#1', '__class__', ... 'description', 'price', 'subtotal', 'weight'] >>> getattr(raisins, '_Quantity#0') 10 >>> getattr(raisins, '_Quantity#1') 6.95 If the descriptor is accessed in the class, the descriptor object is returned: >>> LineItem.weight # doctest: +ELLIPSIS >>> LineItem.weight.storage_name '_Quantity#0' """ # BEGIN LINEITEM_V4B class Quantity: __counter = 0 def __init__(self): cls = self.__class__ prefix = cls.__name__ index = cls.__counter self.storage_name = '_{}#{}'.format(prefix, index) cls.__counter += 1 def __get__(self, instance, owner): if instance is None: return self # <1> else: return getattr(instance, self.storage_name) # <2> def __set__(self, instance, value): if value > 0: setattr(instance, self.storage_name, value) else: raise ValueError('value must be > 0') # END LINEITEM_V4B class LineItem: weight = Quantity() price = Quantity() def __init__(self, description, weight, price): self.description = description self.weight = weight self.price = price def subtotal(self): return self.weight * self.price