__metaclass__ in Python 3

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Python 3 changed how you specify a metaclass, __metaclass__ is no longer checked.

Use metaclass=... in the class signature:

class Table(object, metaclass=MetaTable):

Demo:

>>> class MetaTable(type):
...     def __getattr__(cls, key):
...         temp = key.split("__")
...         name = temp[0]
...         alias = None
...         if len(temp) > 1:
...             alias = temp[1]
...         return cls(name, alias)
...
>>> class Table(object, metaclass=MetaTable):
...     def __init__(self, name, alias=None):
...         self._name = name
...         self._alias = alias
...
>>> d = Table
>>> d.student__s
<__main__.Table object at 0x10d7b56a0>

If you need to provide support for both Python 2 and 3 in your codebase, you can use the six.with_metaclass() baseclass generator or the @six.add_metaclass() class decorator to specify the metaclass.

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