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

damien morton pythondev at bitfurnace.com
Sat Aug 7 06:40:44 CEST 2004


Even though Im basically in favour of the C# style syntax, and mostly because I have been using C# a lot and find no problems recognising the syntax when I see it, I also find the "decorator on the line after the def" syntax appealing.

Allow me to throw this syntax into the ring:

def foo(arg1,arg2): (classmethod) blah ...

def bar(low,high): (accepts(int,int), returns(float)) blah ...

Allow me to also throw a possible variant

def foo(arg1,arg2): (classmethod) blah ...

def bar(low,high): (accepts(int,int), returns(float)) blah ...

I strongly feel that any decorator syntax will need some kind of matched pair to delimit the decorator(s). Angle-brackets (single or double) seem very appealing

def foo(arg1,arg2): blah ... def bar(low,high): blah ...

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