[Python-Dev] PEP 318 needs a rewrite (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Mon Mar 8 14:36:40 EST 2004

On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 13:53, Guido van Rossum wrote:

I haven't been able to follow the discussion here in much detail, but I've sampled bits and pieces, and I happen to like the Quixote form

def [] (): As a human reader, I like seeing the attributes before the arguments because some attributes (like classmethod and staticmethod) affect the interpretation of the argument list. Also, I suspect that long argument lists are much more common than long lists of attributes; I don't like finding attributes hiding after the argument list. I don't like having the attributes before the name, because that makes it harder to find the name. So from this perspective the Quixote form is optimal IMO.

Cool. I just tried rewriting my sample code to use this form, and it's not bad. I even hacked out a quick patch to python-mode.el to support it. :)

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=912205&group_id=86916&atid=581351

-Barry

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