[Python-Dev] Class decorators
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Mar 30 13:20:58 CEST 2006
Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> FWIW, I do not consider it an abuse to use a class to create a small
> namespace. Essentially that is what it is for -- it matters not whether
> the class has no methods.
Two problems with that:
* The word "class" in front of it is a misnomer if
you've no intention of using it as a class.
* It's not a completely blank slate -- it comes with
various baggage in the form of __xxx__ attributes
(my registration function has to filter those out).
Plus some unwanted behaviour such as being callable,
and doing magic things with attribute access when
the attribute is a descriptor.
--
Greg
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