[Python-Dev] Re: Call for defense of @decorators (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Aug 6 17:39:55 CEST 2004

>No, you can put multiple decorators on a single line -- you just need a >newline before the def. From testdecorators.py: > > class C(object): > @funcattrs(abc=1) @staticmethod > def foo(): return 42 > >Probably not good style (but neither is "if cond: stmt" I guess).

shudder Can we change this? The positive benefits that the @ syntax does have, seem completely lost by doing this.

That's a bit strong, but yes, it would be trivial to change. If that's all that's needed to save @deco, it's a lot easier than ripping the whole thing out... :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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