[Python-Dev] Suggesting '.' decorators (PEP318) (original) (raw)

Chris King colanderman at gmail.com
Sat Aug 7 18:57:48 CEST 2004

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 21:31:19 -0400, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:

> > I haven't seen this mentioned, so I'm going to throw in my suggestion. > > > > The following makes sense to me, uses previously invalid syntax, and > > uses the '.' punctuation in a way similar to existing/proposed usage: > > -1. This violates my "syntax should not look like grit" rule.

Also, the dot prefix should probably be kept free in case a WITH statement is ever introduced.

Same here -- I'd rather see .foo at function level (i.e. not nested in a with block) provide true function attributes, not decorators.

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