was: Re: looking for MOP documentation

[Alan Kennedy]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Key phrase: "Metaobject protocols are interfaces to the language
> that give users the ability to incrementally modify the language's
> behavior and implementation...".  Near as I can tell, part of the
> whole character of Python is that a user *cannot* do either of
> those things.

Hmm, does this rephrasing hold any truth?

"Metaclasses are interfaces to the python language
that give users the ability to incrementally modify the language's
behavior and implementation...". 

Isn't modifying standard behaviour the whole purpose of metaclasses?

regards,

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alan kennedy
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