Customizing class attribute access in classic classes

[Ben Finney]

Geoff Bache <geoff.bache at gmail.com> writes:

> I'm wondering if there is any way to customize class attribute access
> on classic classes?

Why do that? What is it you're hoping to achieve, and why limit it to
classic classes only?

> So this works:
>
> class Meta(type):
>     def __getattr__(cls, name):
>         return "Customized " + name
>
> class A:
>     __metaclass__ = Meta
>
> print A.blah
>
> but it turns A into a new-style class.

Yes, A is a new-style class *because* it inherits from ‘type’
<URL:http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#new-style-and-classic-classes>.

Why does that not meet your needs?

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