[Python-Dev] PEP 318: How I would implement decorators

[Greg Ewing]

Jim Hugunin <lists at hugunin.net>:

> I like Sam's proposal to add a '*' in front of the list.
> 
> *[java_sig("public void meth(int a, int b)"), staticmethod]
> def meth(self, a, b):
>     pass

Would this have any implications if we were to decide to
allow * in unpacking one day, i.e.

  a, b, *c = some_tuple

It might become legal for an expression to start with *,
then.

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