Calvin Spealman wrote: > On 18 Sep 2006 20:23:03 -0700, Ilias Lazaridis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve Holden wrote: > > > Ilias Lazaridis wrote: > > ... > > > > 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). > > > > > > The fact remains that you won't be able to affect the built-in classes > > > such as int and str - they are hard-coded in C (for CPython, at least), > > > and so their metaclass is also implied and cannot be changed. > > > > ...except in C. > > > > I assume the "root class" should be available/changeable in "C", too. > > > > Do I have to change the sources directly, or does python provide > > "C-level-extension/modication" mechanisms, which can be applied to > > core-level classes, too? > > > > Is the Python Object Model documented anywhere in a diagram, something > > similar to this?: > > > > http://case.lazaridis.com/wiki/RubyObjectModel > > What could you possibly want to do this for so badly that you would > shun all alternatives and even resort to hacking up the runtime at the > C-level to redefine core types in non-standard and unpredictable > ways?! Seriously, please give a good reason for every doing this. I > can't imagine there is any way it would justify all this in the face > of just looking for an alternative. You aren't trying to use python, > at this point, you are trying to fork it.
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