On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Eli Bendersky <eli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "if an explicit metaclass is given and it is not an instance of > type(), then it is used directly as the metaclass" > > Could you elaborate on this point? Would it perhaps be clearer to say > "if an explicit metaclass is given and it is not a class"?
Unfortunately, the term "a class" is slightly ambiguous. "cls is a class" can mean either "isinstance(cls, type)" or it can be shorthand for "cls is a user-defined class (i.e. not a builtin type)". I'll likely rephrase that section of the docs based on the current discussion with PJE, though. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
