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authorNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2012-05-30 12:17:30 (GMT)
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Close #14947: add missing cross-reference to Language Definition from the new dynamic type creation functions. Also cleaned up the general wording of the docs
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@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ Dynamic Type Creation
Creates a class object dynamically using the appropriate metaclass.
- The arguments are the components that make up a class definition: the
- class name, the base classes (in order), the keyword arguments (such as
- ``metaclass``) and the callback function to populate the class namespace.
+ The first three arguments are the components that make up a class
+ definition header: the class name, the base classes (in order), the
+ keyword arguments (such as ``metaclass``).
- The *exec_body* callback should accept the class namespace as its sole
- argument and update the namespace directly with the class contents.
+ The *exec_body* argument is a callback that is used to populate the
+ freshly created class namespace. It should accept the class namespace
+ as its sole argument and update the namespace directly with the class
+ contents. If no callback is provided, it has the same effect as passing
+ in ``lambda ns: ns``.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
@@ -36,22 +39,24 @@ Dynamic Type Creation
Calculates the appropriate metaclass and creates the class namespace.
- The arguments are the components that make up a class definition: the
- class name, the base classes (in order) and the keyword arguments (such as
- ``metaclass``).
+ The arguments are the components that make up a class definition header:
+ the class name, the base classes (in order) and the keyword arguments
+ (such as ``metaclass``).
The return value is a 3-tuple: ``metaclass, namespace, kwds``
- *metaclass* is the appropriate metaclass
- *namespace* is the prepared class namespace
- *kwds* is an updated copy of the passed in *kwds* argument with any
- ``'metaclass'`` entry removed. If no *kwds* argument is passed in, this
- will be an empty dict.
+ *metaclass* is the appropriate metaclass, *namespace* is the
+ prepared class namespace and *kwds* is an updated copy of the passed
+ in *kwds* argument with any ``'metaclass'`` entry removed. If no *kwds*
+ argument is passed in, this will be an empty dict.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
.. seealso::
+ :ref:`metaclasses`
+ Full details of the class creation process supported by these functions
+
:pep:`3115` - Metaclasses in Python 3000
Introduced the ``__prepare__`` namespace hook