[Zope-dev] Adding properties in __init__

[Itamar Shtull-Trauring]

Chris Withers wrote:

> self.manage_addProperty('AProperty','1\n2\n3','lines')

> I'm guessing that this is because self isn't an acquisition wrapper in
> __init__ (even though SimpleItem is Acquisition.Implicit) but what am I
> supposed to do to add a property in __init__?

I usually override _properties in the subclass, with the new property
definition, and then doing 

	self.Aproperty = '1\n2\n3'

works nicely.

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