braver wrote:
> A symbol which is a unique string is not the story here, it turns out
> -- dynamic language is!
>
> has_many :milestones
>
> is apparently a call which generates code inside of the class! Can it
> be replicated in python for ORM purposes?
>
>
Not really. Read up on metaclasses and how classes are created in python.
In ruby, functions in a class block get the class as a first argument,
AFAICT.
In python they don't.
So the closest semantically would be:
class Whatever(Model):
pass
has_many(Whatever, "milestones")
Not very compelling.
The closest hack would be:
class Whatever(Model):
c = C()
c.has_many("milestones")
with a metaclass that sucks up all the crap invoked on c.
Personally, I think class attributes are fine.
