Python classes: method has same name as property
<p>I'm constructing a class, <em>Heating</em>. Every instance of this class has the property 'temperature'. It's mandatory that <em>Heating</em> also supports the method <em>temperature()</em> that prints the property 'temperature' as an integer.</p>
<p>When I call the method temperature(), I get the error</p>
<blockquote>
<p>'int' object is not callable because self.temperature is already defined as an integer.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>How do I solve this?</p>
<p>Code:</p>
<pre><code>class Heating:
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    &gt;&gt;&gt; machine1 = Heating('radiator kitchen', temperature=20)
    &gt;&gt;&gt; machine2 = Heating('radiator living', minimum=15, temperature=18)
    &gt;&gt;&gt; machine3 = Heating('radiator bathroom', temperature=22, minimum=18, maximum=28)
    &gt;&gt;&gt; print(machine1)
    radiator kitchen: current temperature: 20.0; allowed min: 0.0; allowed max: 100.0
    &gt;&gt;&gt; machine2
    Heating('radiator living', 18.0, 15.0, 100.0)
    &gt;&gt;&gt; machine2.changeTemperature(8)
    &gt;&gt;&gt; machine2.temperature()
    26.0
    &gt;&gt;&gt; machine3.changeTemperature(-5)
    &gt;&gt;&gt; machine3
    Heating('radiator bathroom', 18.0, 18.0, 28.0)
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    def __init__(self, name, temperature = 10, minimum = 0, maximum = 100):
        self.name = name
        self.temperature = temperature
        self.minimum = minimum
        self.maximum = maximum

    def __str__(self):
        return '{0}: current temperature: {1:.1f}; allowed min: {2:.1f}; allowed max: {3:.1f}'.format(self.name, self.temperature, self.minimum, self.maximum)

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'Heating(\'{0}\', {1:.1f}, {2:.1f}, {3:.1f})'.format(self.name, self.temperature, self.minimum, self.maximum)

    def changeTemperature(self, increment):
        self.temperature += increment

        if self.temperature &lt; self.minimum:
            self.temperature = self.minimum

        if self.temperature &gt; self.maximum:
            self.temperature = self.maximum

    def temperature(self):
        return self.temperature


# Test of the program
if __name__ == '__main__':
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod()
</code></pre>