[Python-Dev] PEP: Ordered Class Definition Namespace (original) (raw)

Eric Snow ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com
Tue Jun 7 17:51:46 EDT 2016

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

On 7 June 2016 at 14:20, Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com> wrote:

What would you consider to be the benefit of a mutable (or replaceable) definitionorder that outweighs the benefit of a simpler definition of what's in it. Mainly the fact that class decorators and metaclasses can't hide the difference between "attributes defined in the class body" and "attributes injected by a decorator or metaclass". I don't have a concrete use case for that, it just bothers me on general principles when we have things the interpreter can do that can't readily be emulated in Python code.

Yeah, I see what you mean.

However, if it proves to be a hassle in practice, making it writable can be done later based on specific use cases, so I don't mind if the PEP stays as it is on that front.

Agreed.

-eric

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