inline metaclasses

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <1151952177.002598.40850 at b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, gangesmaster
wrote:

> just something i thought looked nice and wanted to share with the rest
> of you:
> 
>>>> class x(object):
> ...     def __metaclass__(name, bases, dict):
> ...             print "hello"
> ...             return type(name, bases, dict)
> ...
> hello
>>>>
> 
> instead of defining a separate metaclass function/class, you can do
> it inline. isn't that cool?

But why use a metaclass?  If the meta class is only applied to *one*
class, can't you do at class level whatever the metaclass is doing!?

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch