[Python-Dev] PEP 318: Decorators last before colon (original) (raw)

Josiah Carlson jcarlson at uci.edu
Tue Mar 30 14:34:36 EST 2004

Another possibility that has been suggested is

[decorator] def func(arg, arg): This has some of the same readability benefits as (c).

Except that what you show is currently valid syntax. Making a currently valid syntax mean something new is, I believe, generally frowned upon.