[Python-Dev] Strawman decision: @decorator won't change (original) (raw)
Guido van Rossum gvanrossum at gmail.com
Wed Sep 15 23:46:43 CEST 2004
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Anthony Baxter asked me for a pronouncement on whether @decorator will change to use some other character instead; I kept this open as a possibility before 2.4b1 (which is tentatively scheduled for Oct 7th). Given the near-complete silence following my rejection of the J2 alternative proposal, I don't expect there to be a massive popular movement to change the character, but I admit I haven't looked for responses outside python-dev.
Let's plan on doing the following. If in the next 7 days there's no indication that some group of users wants to rally for a different character, the decision to keep @ is made final on Sept 23. To change the character, somebody will need to start rallying for a different character, and be able to show signs of significant support by that date.
The definition of "significant support" is intentionally left open for interpretation, I'll review the evidence on the 23rd.
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