[Python-Dev] Re: 2.4a2, and @decorators (original) (raw)

David Abrahams dave at boost-consulting.com
Mon Aug 2 22:07:29 CEST 2004


Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

>>I would think the fact that the '[decorators]' syntax can be implemented >>in pure Python (no changes to the interpreter) for existing Python >>versions would give more weight to it. Can it? I must've missed that. It sure sounds like an incredible hack -- how to you prevent the default behavior that the list of decorators is thrown away by the interpreter?

See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.devel/60542

I'm really surprised you missed it, and was likewise disappointed that it wasn't included in the weekly (?) summary. It seemed like a pretty significant development to me.

-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com



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