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0 pointsi_am_toaster3y ago0 comments

I’m surprised to hear your opinion on this. I have around 12 years of python experience and I find metaprogramming to be, by far, the most important part of Python. Without the extensive ability to rewrite underlying functionality in a way that was approachable to both novice and adept users, I don’t think we’d have seen a widespread adoption of the language to begin with.

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kstrauser3y ago

I was referring particularly to metaclasses. Decorators, etc.? All the time.

i_am_toasterOP3y ago

I guess I don’t often touch metaclass either, although after reading this article it gave me some ideas on how I might better implement object validation patterns. That being said, I also have recently become acquainted with pydantic, which does take care of some of that.

kstrauser3y ago

Pydantic’s a great example of a good use of metaclasses. I’ve seen them abused in places where there were far simpler ways to accomplish the same goal, and promptly ripped that code out.

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kstrauser3y ago

I was referring particularly to metaclasses. Decorators, etc.? All the time.

i_am_toasterOP3y ago

kstrauser3y ago

Pydantic’s a great example of a good use of metaclasses. I’ve seen them abused in places where there were far simpler ways to accomplish the same goal, and promptly ripped that code out.

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