[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 318: Decorators last before colon

[Andrew Koenig]

> > > What about:
> > >
> > > 	[as classmethod]
> > > 	def foo(bar, baz):
> > > 	    pass

> Since that is illegal syntax today, it would alleviate my primary
> concern with decorator-before-def syntax.  And the 'as' keyword does
> help tie it to the following def.

Indeed.  And we could even extend it to allow a single set of decorators to
apply to multiple function definitions, as follows:

	[as classmethod]:

		def foo(bar, baz):
			pass

		def bar(foo, baz):
			pass

Of course, the colon would be required if and only if an indent follows it.

(I still prefer decorators after the parameters, but this version pretty
much solves the same problems and answers my non-aesthetic objections)