In class object, how to auto update attributes?

Solution 1:

if updating one property due to an update on another property is what you're looking for (instead of recomputing the value of the downstream property on access) use property setters:

class SomeClass(object):
    def __init__(self, n):
        self.list = range(0, n)

    @property
    def list(self):
        return self._list
    @list.setter
    def list(self, val):
        self._list = val
        self._listsquare = [x**2 for x in self._list ]

    @property
    def listsquare(self):
        return self._listsquare
    @listsquare.setter
    def listsquare(self, val):
        self.list = [int(pow(x, 0.5)) for x in val]

>>> c = SomeClass(5)
>>> c.listsquare
[0, 1, 4, 9, 16]
>>> c.list
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
>>> c.list = range(0,6)
>>> c.list
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>>> c.listsquare
[0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25]
>>> c.listsquare = [x**2 for x in range(0,10)]
>>> c.list
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Solution 2:

Absolutely. But use a property instead.

class SomeClass(object):
  def __init__(self, n=5):
    self.mylist = range(n)

  @property
  def listsquare(self):
    return [ x**2 for x in self.mylist ]

a = SomeClass()
a.mylist = [4, 5, 8]
print a.listsquare

Caching of the property value is left as an exercise for the reader.