From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...>
Date: 2005-10-03T15:11:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Cannot subclass Class?

itsme213 ha scritto:
> irb(main):006:0> class MC < Class
> irb(main):007:1> end
> TypeError: can't make subclass of Class
> 
> Why is this? Is it a language restriction or a 1.8.2 limitation?
> 
> Are there other ways to define new meta-classes?

funnily enough, you can subclass Class with Class.new,
but it will raise an exception when you try to instantiate :)

I think most of the use for metaclasses (in the pythonic way you seem to 
be searching) can be achieved with a mixin with proper module_function's