Override method pydoc in subclasses

dynpydoc.py

class DynPyDoc(type):

    def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):

        start_match = 'pydoc_for_'

        for attr_name, attr_value in attrs.items():
            if attr_name.startswith(start_match):
                method_name = attr_name[len(start_match):]

                # The method is not in attrs. Search it in base classes.
                base_method = None
                if method_name not in attrs:
                    for base in bases:
                        base_method = getattr(base, method_name, None)
                        break

                if base_method is None:
                    raise AttributeError(
                        "'%s' not found in base classes (%s)" % (
                        method_name, ', '.join(base.__name__ for base in bases)
                    ))

                # Base method found, create a copy of it to set documentation.
                copy_method = lambda *args, **kwargs: base_method(*args, **kwargs)
                copy_method.__name__ = method_name
                copy_method.__doc__ = attr_value
                attrs[method_name] = copy_method

        return super(DynPyDoc, cls).__new__(cls, name, bases, attrs)


class BaseView(object):

    __metaclass__ = DynPyDoc

    def get(self):
        """ Documentation of BaseView.get(). """
        pass


class ChildView1(BaseView):

    pydoc_for_get = '''
    Documentation of ChildView1.get().
    '''


class ChildView2(BaseView):

    def get(self):
        """ Documentation of ChildView2.get(). """