[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The extra_information is used in MetaThing to tell it what attributes > to add to the class. For example: > > class MetaThing(type): > def __init__(cls, name, bases, dict, extra_information): > super(MetaThing, cls).__init__(name, bases, dict) > #setup the class based on the parameter extra_information > setattr(cls, make_name(extra_information), > make_object(extra_information)) > > Does that clarify things?
Why do the extra attributes need to be part of the class? ISTM each instance has its own class; therefore there it doesn't matter whether a member is a class member or an instance member. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list