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Metaprogramming with Python
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Metaprogramming with Python

by Sulekha Aloorravi
September 2022
Intermediate to advanced
402 pages
7h 28m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 8: Defining Templates for Algorithms

In this chapter, we will look at what templates are and how to implement template programming in Python.

What are templates and where are they useful? The main usage of applying the concepts of metaprogramming during the process of developing an application is to design a reusable framework that can be manipulated externally through the programming of metadata of Python objects rather than modifying the object itself. Templates, as the name suggests, can act as a template, a format, or a model on how a sequence of operations can be performed on a Python object. These templates can be used to define the common functionalities of methods within a class and to reuse them through the application of the ...

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