[Python-3000] pep 3124 plans

[Paul Moore]

On 19/07/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> The only approach to retroactive generification that I approve of is
> replacing the entire object with a wrapper of sorts, e.g.
>
>   foo = generify(foo)

Which (again, just to clarify) means that you would require that
generic functions be introduced by a decorator?

    @generic
    def foo():
        pass

(your explicit equivalent would be for "after the fact" conversion to
a generic).

Paul