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metaclasses specify the
behaviors of
classes and
their instances. Not all object-oriented
programming languages support the
concept of
metaclasses. For...
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earliest implementations of the
concept of
metaclasses, and in
particular explicit (as
opposed to implicit)
metaclasses. In the
ObjVlisp model, "each entity...
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derivative of MIT OTcl and is
based on a
dynamic object system with
metaclasses influenced by CLOS.
class and
method definitions in
XOTcl are completely...
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about instances of
those metaclasses to be
inferred by
semantic reasoners using statements made in the metaclass.
Metaclasses thus
enhance the expressivity...
- object-oriented languages,
classes are first-class
objects and are
instances of
metaclasses.
Languages in the
functional programming family often also
feature first-class...
- pre-processing step.
Other ****emblers, such as MASM, also
support macros.
Metaclasses are
provided by the
following programming languages:
Common Lisp Python...
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implement a
design pattern or
describe particular kinds of classes.
Metaclasses are
often used to
describe frameworks. In some languages, such as Python...
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Proposals (PEPs).
Retrieved 20
November 2024. The Cain Gang Ltd. "Python
Metaclasses: Who? Why? When?" (PDF).
Archived from the
original (PDF) on 30 May 2009...
- object-orientation
features only class- and interface-based polymorphism.
Metaclasses are
first class objects.
Objects are
references to the
objects (as in...
- (2005), ISBNÂ 1-932394-18-4 Ira R.
Forman and
Scott Danforth,
Putting Metaclasses to Work (1999), ISBNÂ 0-201-43305-2
Reflection in logic,
functional and...
