[Python-Dev] method decorators (PEP 318) (original) (raw)

Robert Brewer fumanchu at amor.org
Fri Mar 26 13:36:05 EST 2004


Shane Hathaway wrote:

It's interesting that this whole discussion is about placing declarations near the "def" statement, rather than after the function body. It appears to be a surprisingly important detail.

Tossing out another idea: foobar: author = "Guido van Rossum" deprecated = True def foobar(self, arg): pass The declaration block must be followed immediately by a class or def statement. It looks elegant to me.

Yes, although I bet the parser would have an easier time with a specific token to mark the block:

predef foobar:
    author = "Guido van Rossum"
    deprecated = True
def foobar(self, arg):
    pass

...not that I like "predef", I just couldn't think of a better one off-hand. ;)

Robert Brewer MIS Amor Ministries fumanchu at amor.org



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