[Python-Dev] Submitting PEP 422 (Simple class initialization hook) for pronouncement

Simon Cross hodgestar+pythondev at gmail.com
Sun Feb 10 14:33:10 CET 2013
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> For those that don't recall the original discussion, the proposal is
> to add a new __init_class__ hook, invoked after the class object is
> created, but before the class decorators are applied. This provides a
> simple approach to inherited post-creation modification of classes,
> without the need for a custom metaclass.

Couldn't one just write a metaclass that calls __init_class__ for you?

Schiavo
Simon


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