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

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sat Aug 7 06:12:19 CEST 2004

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message news:200408061634.i76GYEZ07623 at guido.python.org...

> - change the language ref that talks about this to state that > although Python currently doesn't use these symbols, this is not > stopping a future version of Python from using them for some new > feature.

Does that really have to be stated?

All that is needed is the addition of 'currently' in the sentence about illegality. Compare with "The Python compiler currently generates the following byte code instructions. " (LibRef 18.10.1) which has the same word to guard against the same false presumption of stability and consequent complaints.

Terry J. Reedy

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