[Python-Dev] Adding types.build_class for 3.3

[Georg Brandl]

On 05/07/2012 02:15 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> As for build_class: at the moment the types module really only has types,
>> and to add build_class there is just about as weird as in operator IMO.
> 
> Oh no, types is definitely less weird - at least it's related to the
> type system, whereas the operator module is about operator syntax
> (attrgetter, itemgetter and index are at least related to the dot
> operator and subscripting syntax)
> 
> Benjamin's suggestion of a class method on type may be a good one,
> though. Then the invocation (using all arguments) would be:
> 
>   mcl.build_class(name, bases, keywords, exec_body)
> 
> Works for me, so unless someone else can see a problem I've missed,
> we'll go with that.

Works for me.

Georg