How do I make all instance variables of a class readonly?

Question

Let's say I have a class like the following:

class Test:
    def __init__(self, some_data_source):
        self.a = 5
        self.b = some_data_source['c']

I want to make all instance variables of this class read-only and will use it as follows:

data_source = {
    'c': 'some data'
}

x = Test(data_source)

# Should be illegal i.e result in an exception
x.a = 5
x.b = None

# This should be legal
print(x.a)

Initially, I thought about using properties, but then I realized that in order to add them dynamically, I would need to add these attributes after the class is defined (e.g Test.attribute = property(...)). This doesn't work because I want to define these properties inside the class (specifically in __init__).

How else can I make all of my instance variables read-only for a class?

not sure that possible in python – SuperStew Sep 24 '18 at 14:50 — SuperStew, Sep 24 '18 at 14:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 05 '20 at 09:09

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check with hasattr if the variable is exists and if it is raise error that you can't set new value to this variable and check it in __setattr__

class Test:
    def __init__(self, some_data_source):
        self.a = 5
        self.b = some_data_source['c']

    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
        if hasattr(self, name):
            raise ValueError('cannot set %s to %s' %(value, name))
        self.__dict__[name]=value


data_source = {
    'c': 'some data'
}

x = Test(data_source)
x.b='raise' # this will raise error

edited Mar 05 '20 at 09:09

jjmerelo

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answered Sep 24 '18 at 15:51

dsal3389

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Wouldn't it be better to use `hasattr` instead of `to_pass`? – Arnav Borborah Sep 24 '18 at 17:43

How do I make all instance variables of a class readonly?

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