Metaclasses and class variables

Hi!

I am new to this list, and maybe this is a stupid question, but I
can't seem to find _any_ kind of answer anywhere.

What I want to do is the following:
I want to insert a class variable into a class upon definition and
actually use it during definition.

Manually, that is possible, e.g.:

class A:
classvar = []
classvar.append(1)
classvar.append(2)

I don't want to explicitly set the variable, though. My idea was to
write the following:

class Meta(type):
def __new__(cls, name, bases, d):
d['classvar'] = []
return type.__new__(cls, name, bases, d)

class Test:
__metaclass__ = Meta

classvar.append(1)
classvar.append(2)

However, Python complains that the variable isn't defined; it can be
found in the class dictionary _after_ definition, though, and then it
can also be used. But where's the conceptual difference (to the manual
approach)?

Thanks in advance,
Ole
.

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