Advanced OOP tutorial

[Fernando]

Hi,

Is there any advanced OOP tutorial that cover metaclass programming?

Thanks

[Alex Martelli]

Re: Advanced OOP tutorial

Fernando wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Is there any advanced OOP tutorial that cover metaclass programming?
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> Thanks[/color]

"advanced" and "tutorial" are sort of opposites, aren't they?

There's plenty of metaclass materials, e.g. my slides on "Python
Metaclasses" from Europython are downloadable as PDF from a link at:

http://www.strakt.com/dev_talks.html

Alex

[Michele Simionato]

Re: Advanced OOP tutorial

iscaris@hotmail .com (Fernando) wrote in message news:<a26792eb. 0311041033.7e6b e3cb@posting.go ogle.com>...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Is there any advanced OOP tutorial that cover metaclass programming?
>
> Thanks[/color]

Alex's slides are more "advanced"; if you want something more "tutorial"
see

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-pymeta.html

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-pymeta2/

Finally, there are Guido's essays

http://www.python.org/2.2.2/descrintro.html

http://www.python.org/doc/essays/metaclasses/

which I would read after the other references given here.

Michele Simionato

[Alan Gauld]

Re: Advanced OOP tutorial

On 4 Nov 2003 10:33:34 -0800, iscaris@hotmail .com (Fernando)
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You've been given some Python specific material.

Other sources on metaclasses in general can be found at the
portal for all thinks OO at

http://www.cetus-links.org/

Also in the excellent OO FAQ, look under Basics at
sections 1.4 and 1.6.

http://www.objectfaq.com/

Also most Smalltalk tutors have a section on metaclasses
and their use - a very common technique in Smalltalk...

And finally there is the hard to find but excellent Metaclass
book by Forman & Danforth.

HTH,

Alan g.
Author of the Learn to Program website

http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld