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

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Aug 6 19:08:24 CEST 2004

Barry Warsaw wrote:

In summary, I can definitely sympathize with the concern of tool authors who have settled on @ as a meta-character that Python will not use. I wonder how the Leo or ipython folks would feel if the only change to the current implementation of PEP 318 was to change the decorator introducing character. If we can increase the community's consensus by making this little change, I wouldn't oppose it.

My exact feelings. That it breaks existing tools is a relevant and objective objection, and if all it takes to fix it is to use a different character, this gets +1 from me.

Regards, Martin

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