[Python-Dev] Decorators: vertical bar syntax (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Aug 9 04:16:45 CEST 2004

For example, if there is later a need or desire to annotate function arguments individually as well as functions, or individual statements or expressions, then @ is a better choice. For example

@RemoteCall def Ignite(engine @Remote, environment @Copy, thrust @Float):

Nooooo.....

If @decorator stays in, I fervently hope it won't be taken as a precedent for using @ for other things all over the place. Otherwise we really will end up with a language that resembles Perl.

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