Properties using metaclasses (was: Function/Method Decorator Syntax)

[Moshe Zadka]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Gerrit Holl <gerrit at nl.linux.org> wrote:

> Just a question: Why would this be evil?

Because people expect

class x(EvilProperty):
    pass

to be a *class* (albeit, new style), and not a *property*.
For example, doing X() would not give you an instance of X.
 
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