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

Neil Hodgson nhodgson at bigpond.net.au
Mon Apr 5 17:31:14 EDT 2004

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Second, Python has a strong tradition of borrowing what"works well" from other languages. I'm skeptical that C# has been around long enough to suggest that its syntax "works well".

C# inherited this syntax from Microsoft IDL and its predecessor ODL. Unsure of the age of MS IDL but a 1995 edition of "Inside OLE" uses it. I can't recall any problems with the syntax although fewer people would have worked with it when it was only for defining interfaces rather than as part of a general purpose language.

Neil

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