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Aug. 3, 2004
3:51 p.m.
Guido van Rossum wrote:
I think this is a great point. It makes me wonder if:
@staticmethod def foo(): ...
if sufficiently better than:
def foo(): ... foo = staticmethod(foo)
to justify the language change. FWIW, It isn't to me.
Sigh. This discussion is going around in pointless circles; we're *months* past that point. You're wasting your time (and mine).
Sorry. I think you'd be wise to consider the months without consensus as evidence of a problem. Don't bother wasting time with a reply. ;) Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org