[Python-3000] PEP for Metaclasses in Python 3000

[Steven Bethard]

On 3/12/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On 3/9/07, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> > Do the keywords have to follow the metaclass keyword, or is order
> > irrelevant?  While order makes sense, it would be a new precedent for
> > keyword arguments to have an important order.
>
> I'd like the syntax between () to be identical to that for a function
> call, i.e. including *args and **kwds. That way the cognitive load for
> the user is the smallest. Sorting out the semantics of the keywords is
> purely a runtime activity anywaty.

Just to clarify, while the syntax between the () in the class
definition will be the same as that of a function call, the signature
of the method called will be::
    __prepare__(name, args, kwargs)
not
    __prepare__(name, *args, **kwargs)
right?

STeVe
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