On 3/27/06, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> PyProtocols and the zope.interface package both support inline class
> decorators called "class advisors". They don't require any special syntax,
> and aren't much more complex than regular decorators. By defining an
> advisor like this:
>
> from protocols.advice import addClassAdvisor
>
> def some_advisor(whatever_args):
> def callback(cls):
> print "I can modify",cls,"or replace it"
> return cls
> addClassAdvisor(callback)
>
> you can then use it in a class body like so:
>
> class SomeClass:
> some_advisor("something")
>
> And the return value from 'callback' will replace SomeClass, just like a
> decorator replaces the function it's called on.
>
> The implementation should work with any Python version from 2.2 up. I'm
> not sure if it would work with IronPython. But if it doesn't, that would
> be a good indication of feature(s) that IronPython is missing. ;)
Just curious (and lazy): what magic is the implementation using that
makes this work without a custom metaclass?
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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