Someone recently suggested 'remake' as a possible replacement for '@' I don't like that name because Python doesn't use the word 'make' for anything. However, it immediately prompted the thought of 'redef' After all, decorator's effectively 'redefine' the original 'define' block, to mean something else. And the old decorator syntax is *definitely* a 'redefinition' syntax. However, the problem with that word is that you would expect it to come _after_ the definition (like the old syntax does). Which leads to the actual suggestion of a 'predefinition'. That is, we're going to tell you about the definition before we actually get to it. And so, on with the examples: class demo(object): predef classmethod def foo(cls): pass predef staticmethod def bar(): pass predef accepts(int, int) predef returns(bool) predef someOtherDecorator(anarg, anotherarg, yetanotherarg) def foobar(self, apples, oranges): """Compares apples and oranges""" return apples < oranges Regards, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | Eugene, Oregon Email: ncoghlan@email.com | USA