[Zope3-Users] classProvides and inheritance

[Iain Duncan]

On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 17:18 -0400, Jim Fulton wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Iain Duncan<iainduncan at telus.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 16:57 -0400, Jim Fulton wrote:
> >> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Iain Duncan<iainduncan at telus.net> wrote:
> ...
> > I understood that, I just phrased my question poorly.
> 
> np
> 
> > So given the
> > clarification, is there a straightforward way for me to make it so,
> 
> No.
> 
> > or
> > will I need to make a metaclass that enforces my desired behaviour?
> 
> I don't think a meta class would help you.  You would need to
> implement an alternative __provides__ descriptor.  At that point,
> you'd be depending on an internal implementation detail, but you
> wouldn't be the first. :/

Thanks, maybe I need to rethink that part then.

iain