replacing __dict__ with an OrderedDict

[Ian Kelly]

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt
> <ulrich.eckhardt at dominolaser.com> wrote:
>> Nonetheless, I'm still wondering if I could somehow replace the dict with an
>> OrderedDict.
>
> In Python 3, yes.  This is pretty much the entire use case for the new
> __prepare__ method of metaclasses.  See the "OrderedClass" example at:
> http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/datamodel.html#special-method-names

That link should be:
http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/datamodel.html#customizing-class-creation