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

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Fri Aug 6 16:20:52 CEST 2004

"Edward K. Ream" <edreamleo at charter.net> writes:

> annotate.accepts(int, (int,float))

I don't understand. How are you changing/annotating the function? I'm glad you asked. My suggestion was that the compiler turn annotate.accepts(int, (int,float)) into exactly what it would have turned @accepts(int, (int,float)) into.

I don't like this sort of idea: something that's done by the compiler should look like it is being done by the compiler, i.e. be new syntax.

Cheers, mwh

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