Final classes in Python 3.x- something Guido isn't telling me?

Question

This question is built on top of many assumptions. If one assumption is wrong, then the whole thing falls over. I\'m still relatively new to Python and have just entered the

Answer 1

You could do this only via the C API. Clear the Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE bit of the tp_flags of the type object.

Like this: http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Objects/boolobject.c (vs intobject.c where Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE is set).