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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:34:04 -0600
Subject: Re: Style question: metaclass self vs cls?
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Michele Simionato
<michele.simionato@gmail.com> wrote:
> The standard is to use `cls`. In the __new__ method you can use `mcl` or `meta`.

I've also seen `mcs` a fair amount.