Damjan wrote: > >> I understand that I can use __metaclass__ to create a class which > >> modifies the behaviour of another class. > >> > >> How can I add this metaclass to *all* classes in the system? > >> > >> (In ruby I would alter the "Class" class) > > > > You'd have to set > > > > __metaclass__ = whatever > > > > at the top of each module whose classes are to get the new behavior. > > I think '__metaclass__ = whatever' affects only the creation of classes that > would otherwise be old-style classes?
It seems so: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-June/166572.html > > You can't alter classes which you don't control or create in your code. > > I remeber I've seen an implementation of import_with_metaclass somewhere on > IBM's developerworks. I didn't quite undersntad it though. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-pymeta.html I am not so much interested in old-style, as is start production with python 2.4 (possibly even with python 2.5). . -- http://lazaridis.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
