[Python-ideas] Modules could behave like new-style objects

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Thu Apr 2 23:23:41 CEST 2009


On Thu, Apr 02, 2009, Zac Burns wrote:
>
> I would like to see modules behave more like new-style objects. One
> should be able to add properties, descriptors, __getattr__, and such.
> 
> One common use case for me is implementing wrapper modules that
> populate dynamically (like the ctypes.windll object - except as a
> module).

Guido can speak up for himself, but in the past he's been pretty negative
about this idea; you may want to hunt up previous threads.
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