Add a note about why the fields of Slice are `@property`s.

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A flexible and extensible API for annotated 2D matrix data stored in multiple underlying formats.

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Add a note about why the fields of Slice are `@property`s. #175

Closed thetorpedodog closed 9 months ago

thetorpedodog commented 9 months ago

After talking just now I was looking at the protocol and wondered: Why do we not just say class Slice(Protocol[_T_co]): start: Optional[_T_co] etc.? The Named example protocol in the Python docs uses that syntax.

Then I tried it and found out why.