Re:Faster CPython (2021) [pdf]
by Jasper_ on Sunday January 23, 2022 @04:20PM
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Hard to compare exactly with that classification, but JavaScript only has the first one, and arguably parts of the fourth one.
metaclasses isn't really a major optimization hazard, it effectively boils down to hijacking the "class" syntax to instead run some custom code. It's used by things like dataclasses and the Django ORM to use class syntax to make a little DSL.
metaclasses isn't really a major optimization hazard, it effectively boils down to hijacking the "class" syntax to instead run some custom code. It's used by things like dataclasses and the Django ORM to use class syntax to make a little DSL.