[Python-Dev] A Hygienic Macro System in Python? (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
19 Mar 2002 09:11:19 +0000

"Neil Hodgson" <nhodgson@bigpond.net.au> writes:

My use case, which I don't think is achievable with simple macros, is design-by-contract. Method preconditions and postconditions look easy, but inserting class invariant checks would be much harder.

You can do this with metaclasses, can't you?

Cheers, M.

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