[Python-Dev] Call for defense of @decorators (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Thu Aug 5 19:00:23 CEST 2004

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

It seems a public outcry against @decorators has started. When I let Anthony check it in for 2.4a2, the plan was to see how it fares in a2 and a3, and possibly take it out in 2.4b1. If you don't want that to happen, you might want to say something in public in defense of @decorators.

Like what? I don't want to see that happen.

Do you want justifications, too? :-)

I would beg of you to not give the idea that you or anyone else is going to be counting votes on this at some point.

An argument about timing: IMO there's no point in putting it off until 2.5 -- the syntax options don't get prettier, backwards compatibility issues don't get easier by waiting, and as it is it will probably take a year from 2.4's release in December before it is the mainstream Python version.

+1

Cheers, mwh

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