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Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python

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Date Wed, 9 Oct 2013 00:00:14 +0100
Subject Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python
From Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com>
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On Oct 8, 2013 2:26 PM, "Steven D&apos;Aprano" <
steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 12:13:48 +0200, Marco Buttu wrote:
>
> > Another question is: where is the place in which this transformation
> > occurs? Is it at the parser level, before the dictionary attribute is
> > gave as argument to the metaclass?
>
> Good question!
>
> I don't have a full answer, but I have a part answer: it occurs before
> the metaclass sees the namespace:
>

I thought it was at the parser level and applied to assignments at class
level and attribute assignments anywhere within a class body.

I'm pretty sure there's no way to control the behaviour from Python code if
that's what the metaclass question is getting at.

Oscar

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class-private names and the Zen of Python Marco Buttu <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 12:13 +0200
  Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-08 06:36 -0400
    Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python Marco Buttu <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 12:47 +0200
  Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-10-08 07:07 -0400
    Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python Marco Buttu <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 13:15 +0200
      Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-10-08 12:20 -0400
  Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-08 13:24 +0000
    Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-10-09 00:00 +0100
      Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python Marco Buttu <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2013-10-09 07:55 +0200
    Re: class-private names and the Zen of Python Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> - 2013-10-09 12:34 -0700

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