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

Peter Otten Peter.Otten at t-online.de
Fri Mar 26 17:05:49 EST 2004

Yet another variant that deals with "passive" metadata - make the first dictionary special just like the first string.

def foobar(): ... { author = "van Rossum", ... deprecated = True } ... foobar.deprecated True

Even better, stash it all away in a another attribute:

foobar.meta {"author": "van Rossum", "deprecated": "not yet"}

This would work for functions, classes and modules alike. Fitting in nicely: the alternative spelling for all dictionaries.

{alpha="value", beta="another value"}

Peter Otten