Dulcinea and its example app, Toboso, seem to consistently use accessor
methods .get_x() / .set_x(y), in place of the popular Python convention of
just using 'direct' attribute access .x / .x = y.

Why is this done?  Is it a hold-over from older versions of the ZODB, or
is there some current reason for it?

I've followed this convention in my own code, but mostly out of paranoia.


John