Re: class factory question

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Tim wrote:

> I am extending a parser and need to create many classes that are all
> subclassed from the same object (defined in an external library).  When my
> module is loaded I need all the classes to be created with a particular
> name but the behavior is all the same. Currently I have a bunch of lines
> like this:
> 
>     class Vspace(Base.Command): pass
>     class Boldpath(Base.Command): pass
> 
> There are a bunch of lines like that.
> Is there a better way? Something like
>   
>     newclasses = ['Vspace', 'Boldpath', ... ]
>     for name in newclasses:
>         tmp = type(name, (Base.Command,) {})
>         tmp.__name__ = name
> 
> Is there a more pythonic way?

What is your objection against that approach?
By the way, I don't think you need

>         tmp.__name__ = name

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class factory question Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-06-26 06:09 -0700
  Re: class factory question Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-06-26 15:39 +0200
    Re: class factory question Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-06-26 07:08 -0700
      Re: class factory question Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-06-26 16:46 +0200
        Re: class factory question Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-06-26 08:05 -0700
      Re: class factory question Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-26 16:17 +0100
      Re: class factory question Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-06-26 17:40 +0200
      Re: class factory question Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-27 00:20 +0100
  Re: class factory question Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-27 00:35 +0100
  Re: class factory question Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-27 14:16 +0100
    Re: class factory question Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-06-27 06:37 -0700
      Re: class factory question Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-27 09:48 -0400
        Re: class factory question Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2013-06-27 17:56 +0200
          Re: class factory question Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2013-06-27 09:40 -0700

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