[Python-Dev] Re: method decorators (PEP 318) (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Mar 26 14:19:14 EST 2004

> No, I want to reserve the leading dot for attribute assignment to a > special object specified by a 'with' statement, e.g. > > with self: > .foo = [1, 2, 3] > .bar(4, .foo)

Have you been reading the Prothon docs? ;^)

No, I've expressed this idea before, and they probably saw it. Plus, this is in VB so neither of us can claim to have invented it. :-)

http://freespace.virgin.net/s.cowan/vbhowto/how_to/vb_controls/with_statement.htm

(And "with" was in Pascal 30+ years ago, without the leading dot.)

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

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