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

Ken Manheimer klm at zope.com
Fri Aug 13 00:28:57 CEST 2004

Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> writes:

[Barry Warsaw] > Actually, that's an interesting case study. Myself and others advocated > for a keyword other than 'def' for introducing generators. That wasn't > how things turned out and in hindsight I think Guido made the right > decision. I'm confident the same thing will happen with decorators.

Ya, but it's sure taking Guido long enough to figure that out in this case! def staticmethod: def author(name='Barry'): def returns([int]): def method(self): return 42

Oh my. I'm in the unfortunate position of liking this more than any of the other options i've seen - while strongly suspecting you were not serious, and would think a fool anyone that would consider it for a moment. Ah well. The truth is out.

The only adjustment i would make is to not include the ":" on the modifier lines:

def staticmethod def author(name='yarrB') def returns([int]) def plugh(self): return 42

a-keyword-for-all-seasons-ly y'rs - tim

Could be!

Ken klm at zope.com

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