[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I'd like to use metaclasses to dynamically generate a class based on a > parameter to the objects init function.
Do you really need a metaclass for this ? > 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 > > class Thing: > __metaclass__ = MetaThing > def __init__(self, extra_information): > #Somehow pass extra_information to the MetaThing > > extra_information = 1 > t = Thing(extra_information) Why would you want a new *class* here ? > The above sample won't work but I hope it demonstrates what I'm trying > to do. Not enough, I'm afraid - unless it's just me being dumb. From what I see here, you just can add the extra informations on the object in the initializer. What's your *real* use case ? -- bruno desthuilliers python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for p in '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.split('@')])" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list