[Python-Dev] Class decorators (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Mar 29 21:07:12 CEST 2006

On 3/28/06, Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:

If we're using Zope 3 as an example, I personally find that:

class Foo: """Docstring here, blah blah blah """ implements(IFoo) is easier to read than: @implements(IFoo) class Foo: """Docstring here, blah blah blah """

But the former also smells more of magic. A function putting a magic variable into the scope in which it is called isn't exactly elegant use of Python. You've probably read too much Zope code to be sensitive to this argument; but to me it still grates.

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