On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:32:50 +1000 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Replaces many use cases for dynamic setting of ``__metaclass__`` > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > For use cases that don't involve completely replacing the defined class, > Python 2 code that dynamically set ``__metaclass__`` can now dynamically > set ``__init_class__`` instead. For more advanced use cases, introduction of > an explicit metaclass (possibly made available as a required base class) will > still be necessary in order to support Python 3.
So, what are the use cases? I probably write metaclasses once a year, I wonder how much incentive there is to bring an additional complication to the already complicated class construction process. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
