[Python-checkins] r55071 - peps/trunk/pep-0318.txt

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Wed May  2 09:14:15 2007
New Revision: 55071

Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-0318.txt
Log:
Update of PEP 318, by Jim Jewett.


Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0318.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0318.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0318.txt	Wed May  2 09:14:15 2007
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 than pythonic to name the function three times for what is conceptually
 a single declaration.  A solution to this problem is to move the
 transformation of the method closer to the method's own declaration.
-While the new syntax is not yet final, the intent is to replace::
+The intent of the new syntax is to replace ::
 
     def foo(cls):
         pass
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 to having an easier way to make simple modifications to classes.  For
 Python 2.4, only function/method decorators are being added.
 
+PEP 3129 [#PEP-3129] proposes to add class decorators as of Python 2.6.
+
 
 Why Is This So Hard?
 --------------------
@@ -322,7 +324,8 @@
 primary one is that it's the first real Python case where a line of code
 has an effect on a following line.  The syntax available in 2.4a3
 requires one decorator per line (in a2, multiple decorators could be
-specified on the same line).
+specified on the same line), and the final decision for 2.4 final stayed
+one decorator per line.
 
 People also complained that the syntax quickly got unwieldy when
 multiple decorators were used.  The point was made, though, that the
@@ -820,8 +823,8 @@
 syntactic support.
 
 
-Open Issues
-===========
+(No longer) Open Issues
+=======================
 
 1. It's not yet certain that class decorators will be incorporated
    into the language at a future point.  Guido expressed skepticism about
@@ -833,9 +836,21 @@
    .. _strong arguments:
       http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-March/thread.html
 
+   PEP 3129 [#PEP-3129] proposes to add class decorators as of Python 2.6.
+
 2. The choice of the ``@`` character will be re-examined before
    Python 2.4b1.
 
+   In the end, the ``@`` character was kept.
+
+
+References
+==========
+
+.. [#PEP-3129] PEP 3129, "Class Decorators", Winter
+   http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3129
+
+
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