[Python-3000] Metaclass Vs Class Decorator

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Tue May 20 04:10:33 CEST 2008


paul bedaride wrote:

> it's why I wonder, if this can't be good if metaclass and class 
> decorator have the same
> interface, then we can use a class as a metaclass or as a decorator ??

That doesn't make sense -- metaclasses and class decorators
are very different things and have very different capabilities.

There is some overlap between the things they can do, but
trying to unify them would be a mistake.

-- 
Greg


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