[Python-Dev] Property syntax (Re: [Python-Dev] Extended Function syntax)

[Greg Ewing]

> What would you think of 'is' then?  
> 
>     def name(...) is classmethod:

Doesn't read nearly as well to my ears. "Define foo as property"
is a grammatical and meaningful English sentence, whereas
"Define foo is property" isn't.

Simply "foo is property" would be better, but unfortunately
it already has a meaning.

Hmmm... maybe

   whereas foo is property:
     ...

:-?

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