[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 318: "as", barelist

[Bob Ippolito]

On Apr 1, 2004, at 11:09 PM, David Ascher wrote:

> Jewett, Jim J wrote:
>
>>> Really, of the current "before the def" proposals, I think I
>>> like Samuele's:
>> 	*[classmethod]
>> 	def func(*args):
>> 	     pass
>> 	approach the best.  The '*' seems to say "special note, pay
>> attention".  :)
>
> I know -- just like Perl6 uses unicode characters (see e.g. 
> http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/02/27/exegesis7.html?page=3), we could 
> use the unicode DAGGER character (†).

if datetime.date.today().isoformat().endswith('04-01'):
	or we could just «start using chevrons».  They're particularly easy to 
type on the Mac (opt-\ and shift-opt-\), and some people are already 
familiar with them from lowlevel applescript hackery :)

-bob