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

So I know this is really old and probably beating a dead horse and this may not have been possible at the time but I cam across this trying to solve my own problem.

I realized this can be accomplished without metaclassing.

The setattr takes and object, accessor name, and value. Well the object is not the class name it's the specific instance of the class, which can be accomplished with self.

class A(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.a = 'i am a accessor'
        setattr(self, 'key', 'value')

a = A()
print a.a
print a.key