[LRUG] attr_accessor parsed as a method variable when setting with a get

[Jordi Noguera Leon]

>
> In Python once you've defined the setter, it automatically gets called on
> assignment. In other words, the syntax for calling the setter is identical
> to the syntax to setting the instance variable. This has always struck me as
> a brilliant piece of design. What's nice about that is you don't have some
> code calling the accessor, some code updating the instance variable
> directly, simply because people have different styles, preferences or
> expectations.
>

Except when you want to override a setter in Django... Then it's not nice
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