When were metaclasses added? (was Re: For review: PEP 308 - If-then-else expression)

[Michael Hudson]

aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:

> In article <7h33cmwyxea.fsf at pc150.maths.bris.ac.uk>,
> Michael Hudson  <mwh at python.net> wrote:
> 
> >Metaclasses were also already there, let's not forget.  
> 
> At the very most, that's two-thirds true.  It was essentially
> impossible to use them from Python without loading a special module,

Say what?  I take it you've read

    http://www.python.org/doc/essays/metaclasses/

?  Don't see no special module.

Cheers,
M.

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