Я определю здесь некоторую функцию, она изменит все пользовательские атрибуты в верхний регистр
def up(name, parent, attr):
user_defined_attr = ((k, v) for k, v in attr.items() if not k.startswith('_'))
up_attr = {k.upper(): v for k,v in user_defined_attr}
return type(name, parent, up_attr)
Например:
my_class = up('my_class', (object,), {'some_attr': 'some_value'})
hasattr(my_class, 'SOME_ATTR')
True
Вот несколько слов из документа Python о metaclass
https://docs.python.org/2/reference/datamodel.html?highlight=metaclass#metaclass
The appropriate metaclass is determined by the following precedence rules:
If dict['__metaclass__'] exists, it is used.
Otherwise, if there is at least one base class, its metaclass is used (this looks for a __class__ attribute first and if not found, uses its type).
Otherwise, if a global variable named __metaclass__ exists, it is used.
Otherwise, the old-style, classic metaclass (types.ClassType) is used.
Итак, я провел некоторый тест
>>> def up(name, parent, attr):
... user_defined_attr = ((k, v) for k, v in attr.items() if not k.startswith('_'))
... up_attr = {k.upper(): v for k,v in user_defined_attr}
... return type(name, parent, up_attr)
...
>>>
>>>
>>> __metaclass__ = up
>>>
>>> class C1(object):
... attr1 = 1
...
>>> hasattr(C1, 'ATTR1')
False
Не работает для глобального случая var, почему?