On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 10:25:02AM -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
Which is horrible. Put the @ at the front:
- its relation to decorators, and delayed evaluation, is much more clear - it stands out better to the reader
I agree. (Well, I would, wouldn't I? :-) But if people really, really hate the idea of the @ symbol as a prefix modifier/sigil, I think that there are some alternatives which also look good. (See my previous post.) !parameter=expression # bang parameter >parameter=expression ^parameter=expression ~parameter=expression (but not $parameter, thank you). I suppose that we could even add yet another overloaded meaning on the asterix: # with no default, * keeps the old meaning of collecting # extra positional values *parameter # with a default, * triggers late-binding *parameter=expression I should hate that, I know I should... but I kinda don't. -- Steve