temperature = property(get_temperature,set_temperature) could have been broken down as, # make empty property temperature = property() # assign fget temperature = temperature.getter(get_temperature) # assign fset temperature = temperature.setter(set_temperature) Point To Note: get_temperature remains a property instead of a method. More @Wikipedia
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