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

Greg Ewing greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Apr 5 21:14:27 EDT 2004

Andrew Koenig <ark-mlist at att.net>:

For that matter, why do we need the brackets if there is only one attribute:

def foo(bar, baz) staticmethod: pass

Because the decorator doesn't stand out enough that way. It's a matter of opinion, but I think it looks better with the brackets, even if there is only one decorator.

The brackets mean "here is something additional", not "here is a list".

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