Setting a class attribute given its name

[Andrew Bennetts]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 11:28:55PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> The standard way to set a class attribute is
> 
> class X(object):
>     i = 1
> 
> Given the string 'i', how do I set the class attribute? The following 
> doesn't work (Python 2.2.3):
> 
> class X(object):
>     setattr(X, 'i', 1)

That doesn't work because the name 'X' isn't bound yet.  This will work,
though:

class X(object):
    pass
setattr(X, 'i', 1)

-Andrew.