Are decorators really that different from metaclasses...

[Robert Brewer]

Anthony Baxter wrote:
> Class decorators are not in 2.4, because you can do most things you'd
> do with a class decorator by using a metaclass, but in a completely
> different way. In my opinion, class decorators _should_ be in 2.4,
> because they're a much saner way to handle many things that require a
> metaclass today.

For various definitions of "should", I'd say at this point they should
be in 2.5. Nothing's stopping that, AFAICT. Give function decorators a
trial run and then try class decorators. I prefer that schedule even
though I personally have use cases for class decorators and none for
functions...


Robert Brewer
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