[Python-3000] Assignment decorators (original) (raw)

Talin talin at acm.org
Fri Dec 8 18:48:04 CET 2006

One other minor brainstorm before I head off to work: I'd like function decorators to work with assignment statements as well as 'def' statements.

Use case:

class Foo:

   @private
   def myfunc():
      pass

   @private
   selected = True

Rationale: The 'def' statement is a type of assignment statement, in that it assigns a value (a function object) to a symbol. For consistency, the same mechanic ought to be available to other kinds of assignment.

-- Talin

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