[Python-Dev] A Hygienic Macro System in Python?

19 Mar 2002 09:11:19 +0000

"Neil Hodgson" <nhodgson@bigpond.net.au> writes:
> My use case, which I don't think is achievable with simple
> macros, is design-by-contract. Method preconditions and
> postconditions look easy, but inserting class invariant checks would
> be much harder.

You can do this with metaclasses, can't you?
Cheers,
M.
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