[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 318: Decorators last before colon -- another new syntax idea (original) (raw)

Andrew Koenig ark-mlist at att.net
Fri Apr 2 09:40:08 EST 2004

Has something along these lines been discussed?

with [staticmethod, classmethod]: def foo(x): pass def bar(x): pass IIUC, the PyObjC application needs whole swathes of functions with the same decoration, but this syntax isn't much worse for one function than for many.

If I understand it correctly, the motivation for this idea is to try to avoid cluttering the definitions with large numbers of decorators.

In which case, how about this?

sc = [staticmethod, classmethod]

def foo(x) sc:
    pass

def bar(x) sc:
    pass

In other words, if the decorators are too voluminous, do what you always do with a complicated expression: Bind a variable to it and use the variable instead.

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