> > Why is dataclass a decorator instead of a metaclass (or, as below, > pseudo-metaclass) anyway? >
One reason: because a class can only have one metaclass. So if dataclass were a metaclass, it would not be possible to create a dataclass using an existing metaclass multiple inheritance... which, ain't nobody got time for THAT.
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