Some more thoughts on property syntax...
Actually I was attempting to find a solution not just for properties but for other situations as well. E.g. someone might want to define capabilities, or event handlers, or ...
(1) It's a pity "access" was revoked as a keyword, since it would have fitted quite well:
access foo: def __get__(self): ... def __set__(self, x): ...
Is there any chance it could be reinstated?
Not really. Anyway, I don't know what you expect the above to do.
(2) Maybe "property" could be recognised as a pseudo-keyword when it's the first word of a statement inside a class definition.
See above. I'd like to find something that goes beyond properties. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)