[Python-3000] PEP 3115: Actual use cases for odd metaclasses? Alternate syntax.

[Charles Merriam]

sorry, I meant __new__() not __init__().  For this crowd, I thought
I'd put in the obvious correction. :)


On Jan 13, 2008 9:37 AM, Charles Merriam <charles.merriam at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I'm explicitly dropping this.   So far no one has pointed out
> any use cases that are not equivalent to intercepting an array of the
> namespace in the __init__() of a  subclass of type, then calling
> type's __init__() on the modified namespace.   Still, I do get a level
> of snarky insults that leads me to believe this would involve dealing
> with people who like the metaclass definition syntax to be hairy.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Charles
>