Feb. 2, 2003
10:37 p.m.
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: ... :-? Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+