Functionality in metaclasses can be changed so that whenever a class is built, a string is printed to standard output, or an exception is thrown. This metaclass will print the name of the class being built.
class VerboseMetaclass(type):
def __new__(cls, class_name, class_parents, class_dict):
print("Creating class ", class_name)
new_class = super().__new__(cls, class_name, class_parents, class_dict)
return new_class
You can use the metaclass like so:
class Spam(metaclass=VerboseMetaclass):
def eggs(self):
print("[insert example string here]")
s = Spam()
s.eggs()
The standard output will be:
Creating class Spam
[insert example string here]