[Python-Dev] PEP 318 restrictions on elements (original) (raw)

[Python-Dev] PEP 318 - generality of list; restrictions on elements

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Mar 10 10:04:38 EST 2004

> I'd be very surprised if the interpreter cared that a decorator > returned a callable; what should it care?

The interpreter doesn't care; people care. That's precisely why it should be a documented requirement.

So decorators couldn't be used to create read-only properties?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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