[Python-Dev] Extended Function syntax

[Guido van Rossum]

A while ago there was a proposal floating around to add an optional
part to function/method definitions, that would replace the current
clumsy classmethod etc. notation, and could be used for other purposes
too.  I think the final proposal looked like this:

  def name(arg, ...) [expr, ...]:
      ...body...

Does anyone remember or know where to find the thread where this
proposal was discussed?  It ought to be turned into a PEP.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)