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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:43:33 +0100
From: Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk>
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Hi All,

Is there a metaclass-y way I could cause the following:

class TheParser(Parser):
     def handle_ARecord(self):
         pass
     def handle_ARecord(self):
         pass

...to raise an exception as a result of the 'handle_ARecord' name being 
reused?

cheers,

Chris

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