When were metaclasses added? (was Re: For review: PEP 308 - If-then-else expression)
Michael Hudson
mwh at python.net
Mon Feb 10 13:08:08 EST 2003
aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
> In article <7h33cmwyxea.fsf at pc150.maths.bris.ac.uk>,
> Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> wrote:
>
> >Metaclasses were also already there, let's not forget.
>
> At the very most, that's two-thirds true. It was essentially
> impossible to use them from Python without loading a special module,
Say what? I take it you've read
http://www.python.org/doc/essays/metaclasses/
? Don't see no special module.
Cheers,
M.
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