Python: How to pass more than one argument to the property getter?

Question

Consider the following example:

class A:
    @property
    def x(self): return 5

So, of course calling the a = A(); a.x will retur

Answer 1

In this particular case, you could define two properties, which call an underlying function:

class A:
    @property
    def x(self):
        return self._x(neg = False)

    @property
    def x_neg(self):
        return self._x(neg = True)

    def _x(self, neg):
        return 5 if not neg else -5