Summary
Descriptors are a more advanced feature in Python that push the boundaries closer to metaprogramming. One of their most interesting aspects is how they make crystal clear that classes in Python are just regular objects, and, as such, they have properties that we can interact with. Descriptors are, in this sense, the most interesting type of attribute a class can have because their protocol facilitates more advanced, object-oriented possibilities.
We have seen the mechanics of descriptors, their methods, and how all of this fits together, making a more interesting picture of object-oriented software design. By understanding descriptors, we were able to create powerful abstractions that yield clean and compact classes. We have seen how to fix decorators that we want to apply to functions and methods, and we have understood a lot more about how Python works internally, and how descriptors play such a core and critical role in the implementation of the language.
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