MRAB schrieb:
James Y Knight wrote:
On Sep 2, 2009, at 6:15 AM, Rob Cliffe wrote:
So - the syntax restriction seems not only inconsistent, but pointless; it doesn't forbid anything, but merely means we have to do it in a slightly convoluted (unPythonesque) way. So please, Guido, will you reconsider?
Indeed, it's a silly inconsistent restriction. When it was first added I too suggested that any expression be allowed after the @, rather than having a uniquely special restricted syntax. I argued from consistency of grammar standpoint. But Guido was not persuaded. Good luck to you. :)
[snip] I can see no syntactic reason to restrict what can appear after the @. If someone chooses to abuse it then that's unPythonic, but not illegal.
I do see a reason. I have no problems with
@foo.bar @foo.bar[baz] @foo.bar(baz)
But this is ugly to me:
@a + b def foo(): pass
As is this:
@a or (c and d) def foo(): pass
Having the decorator expression "opened" by @ but not "closed" feels bad.
However, this looks better to me:
@(a + b) @(a or (c and d))
So, in terms of Grammar/Grammar, what about
decorator: '@' atom trailer* NEWLINE
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Georg