[Python-Dev] Questions about '@' in pep 318 (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Aug 6 01:15:42 CEST 2004

Edward K. Ream wrote:

Ok. Consider me dense. But I'm just wanting something that looks like a module reference but isn't really. What it is really is a stand-in for '@'. Wouldn't this allow user-defined annotations, provided the compiler was in on the joke? In essence, what I am asking for is just-another-name-for-at-sign.

In essence, you are proposing to reserve a new keyword. Solutions creating new keywords have been ruled out because they might break existing code.

Regards, Martin

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