Josiah Carlson:
I just noticed that decoration of classes was not included with the @decoration syntax that made it into Python 2.4. ...
Is the fact that it didn't make it into 2.4 due to a pronouncement
Yes, but it wasn't a permanent decision, and I don't think he used the magic word "pronounce". Adding class decoration later is not difficult. Retracting class decoration later would have been impossible. Therefore Guido decided for version 2.4, but left the question open for the unspecified future. Changing it would take arguments stronger than symmetry or "why not?", so it probably won't change for 2.5, but if you have a compelling use case ... (Mine have all been using an object as a callable -- basically replacing a function. The itch hasn't been strong enough to bother me.) -jJ