[Python-Dev] Similar syntax (original) (raw)
Gustavo Niemeyer niemeyer at conectiva.com
Fri Aug 6 04:37:34 CEST 2004
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Gustavo Niemeyer wrote: >After writing this list, I thought about something which is >close to the current implementation, but avoids @. If it was >already suggested, please forgive me. At least I wasn't able >to find it in the PEP/Wiki: > > > def method(foo): > pass
This is discussed in the PEP: The '<...>' alternative presents parsing problems because '<' and '>' already parse as un-paired. They present a further parsing ambiguity because a right angle bracket might be a greater than symbol instead of a closer for the decorators.
Gotcha! Thanks for pointing me this.
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