Do the following if you want to do within init()

class Foo(object): def __init__(self): type(self).bar = property(self.get_bar) def get_bar(self): return "bar" 

Do the following if you want to do within init()

class Foo(object): def __init__(self): type(self).bar = property(self.get_bar) def get_bar(self): return "bar" 

The property method is basically similar to property decoration, it tells python to define a property.

And then we assign this to "bar" property of the type. This needs to be at the type level because you are defining the property for the class, so it is static, not a specific instance.

get_bar is your usual getter where you use the decorator.