from django import newforms as forms from somewhere import classmaker class FormToMixin(forms.Form): question = forms.CharField(max_length=100, required=True) answer = forms.CharField(max_length = 20, required=True) class FormFromModel(forms.ModelForm): class Meta: model = SomeModel class CombinedForm(FormToMixin, FormFromModel): # Magically resolves the metaclass conflict for you __metaclass__ = classmaker() # The below code defines classmaker() - you should put this in a separate # module and import it above your form definitions. # From http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/204197 import inspect, types, __builtin__ ############## preliminary: two utility functions ##################### def skip_redundant(iterable, skipset=None): "Redundant items are repeated items or items in the original skipset." if skipset is None: skipset = set() for item in iterable: if item not in skipset: skipset.add(item) yield item def remove_redundant(metaclasses): skipset = set([types.ClassType]) for meta in metaclasses: # determines the metaclasses to be skipped skipset.update(inspect.getmro(meta)[1:]) return tuple(skip_redundant(metaclasses, skipset)) ################################################################## ## now the core of the module: two mutually recursive functions ## ################################################################## memoized_metaclasses_map = {} def get_noconflict_metaclass(bases, left_metas, right_metas): """Not intended to be used outside of this module, unless you know what you are doing.""" # make tuple of needed metaclasses in specified priority order metas = left_metas + tuple(map(type, bases)) + right_metas needed_metas = remove_redundant(metas) # return existing confict-solving meta, if any if needed_metas in memoized_metaclasses_map: return memoized_metaclasses_map[needed_metas] # nope: compute, memoize and return needed conflict-solving meta elif not needed_metas: # wee, a trivial case, happy us meta = type elif len(needed_metas) == 1: # another trivial case meta = needed_metas[0] # check for recursion, can happen i.e. for Zope ExtensionClasses elif needed_metas == bases: raise TypeError("Incompatible root metatypes", needed_metas) else: # gotta work ... metaname = '_' + ''.join([m.__name__ for m in needed_metas]) meta = classmaker()(metaname, needed_metas, {}) memoized_metaclasses_map[needed_metas] = meta return meta def classmaker(left_metas=(), right_metas=()): def make_class(name, bases, adict): metaclass = get_noconflict_metaclass(bases, left_metas, right_metas) return metaclass(name, bases, adict) return make_class