[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I wish to decorate all of the CX.func() in the same way. One way to
> do this is to add a decorator to each of the derived classes. But
> this is tedious and involves modifying multiple files.
>
> Is there a way to modify the parent class and have the same effect?
> Or some other way neater than the above?
>
Use a metaclass.
>>> def decorate(f):
print "decorating", f
return f
>>> class meta(type):
def __init__(self, name, bases, dictionary):
if 'func' in dictionary:
dictionary['func'] = decorate(dictionary['func'])
type.__init__(self, name, bases, dictionary)
>>> class P(object):
__metaclass__ = meta
>>> class C1(P):
def func(self): pass
decorating <function func at 0x0119B370>
>>>
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