Customizing class attribute access in classic classes

[Geoff Bache]

Hi,

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

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.

If "Meta" does not inherit from type, the customization works but A
ends up not being a class at all, severely restricting its usefulness.
I then hoped I could get "Meta" to inherit from types.ClassType but
that wasn't allowed either.

Is there any way to do this or is it just a limitation of classic
classes?

Regards,
Geoff Bache