[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 318: Decorators last before colon (original) (raw)

Jeremy Hylton jeremy at alum.mit.edu
Thu Apr 1 10:24:02 EST 2004


On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 07:13, Michael Hudson wrote:

> I don't think Michel is saying they are worthless. However, the > proposed syntax is highly contentious. It would be good if there > was a short term solution that wouldn't require new syntax. That > would give Guido and the Python community time to figure out the > best syntax.

We've been discussing this off and on for OVER A YEAR! If 'the best syntax' hasn't been figured out yet after N thousand emails on the subject, I see no reason to believe enlightenment is going to arrive soon (or ever).

There's no particular reason to believe that effort alone will arrive at an elegant solution. On the other hand, maybe there isn't a good syntax for arbitrary decorators.

Jeremy



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