[Python-Dev] Extended Function syntax

[Lalo Martins]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 01:32:11AM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I have no idea what you mean by this.  This doesn't look like Python
> at all.

I guess he meant that a method that has its first argument named "class" is
automagically a class method.  I strongly object.

(Besides, he seems to want a class __init__, which isn't really needed -
this is what the class declaration body is for)

However this could work:

class Foo(object):
    myprop = property:
	"""A computed property on Foo objects."""
	def __get__(self):
	    return ...
	def __set__(self, value):
	    ...
	def __delete__(self):
	    ...

This would call property() with the results of parsing the indented block.
Not sure yet this is a good idea, but it could have many other (possibly
good, possibly harmful) uses.

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