Setting a class attribute with a given name in python while defining the class

Question

I am trying to do something like this:

property = \'name\'
value = Thing()
class A:
  setattr(A, property, value)
  other_thing = \'normal attribute\'

  def __i         


        

Answer 1

You'll need to use a metaclass for this:

property = 'foo'
value = 'bar'

class MC(type):
  def __init__(cls, name, bases, dict):
    setattr(cls, property, value)
    super(MC, cls).__init__(name, bases, dict)

class C(object):
  __metaclass__ = MC

print C.foo