> So is there anything left of the assignment-decorator proposal, or is
> it completely withdrawn?

I think this sums the current open ends up:

- Namespace variables decoration was dismissed by one of Steven's posts, but is actually something that might be wanted (via being able to put descriptors into namespaces that have a __dict__ accessor (e.g. modules))

- Variable decoration can be more clear about descriptor/value difference at assignment

- Giving property objects access to their variable's name (e.g. via __name__) like functions have would open up quite a bit of possibilities, and would mean decorators would get quite a bit more power than what they have.

Something that I had said earlier, but what went on a sidepath

- Decorators may directly *deep* set the behaviour of the variable, and with it set the further behaviour of the variable (in the same scope). Such that

@decorator

var = 20

var = 40

will not reset var to 40, but the var = 40 goes through the descriptor (if applied).