[Python-Dev] PEP 318 - posting draft (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Wed Mar 24 10:56:10 EST 2004 

>> Actually, it should be deleted and the PEP updated.  Michael's latest
>> patch apparently supports class decorators, so it's no longer an
>> extension.

Guido> But while you're at it, please add to the PEP that I don't like
Guido> the idea of class decorators.  I think they don't solve a real
Guido> problem, unlike function decorators, and I think that making
Guido> classes and functions more similar just adds confusion.

I think this use case is rather elegant:

def singleton(cls):
    return cls()

class Foo [singleton]:
    ...

Skip

More information about the Python-Dev mailing list