[Python-Dev] Decorator syntax J2 (decorate..def), with implementation (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at iinet.net.au
Mon Aug 16 01:58:55 CEST 2004

Barry Warsaw wrote:

On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 19:24, Bob Ippolito wrote:

My only problem with this syntax is that I expect the common cases (mine, anyway) to be zero or one decorators per function, so the extra block and indent seems a bit excessive compared to the current @prefix-symbol-decorator proposal(s). It is, of course, far better than typing the function name three times though! :) Same here. It trades one line at the end of the function for two (or more) before the beginning of the function. -0

What about the variant which makes the block optional when there is only one decorator?

i.e. decorate: staticmethod def foobar(): pass

The other thing I like about this version is that a folding editor like PythonWin can easily compress a decorated definition down to two lines, while leaving it clear that the function is decorated. That's not a huge point, though.

Cheers, Nick.

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