[Python-Dev] Plea for simpler decorator syntax, in addition to pie-shaped syntax

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

> IMO, the most common uses of decorators will be to define properties,
> and class and static methods.  IMO, these uses would be better served
> by a simpler syntax:
> 
>   def classmethod foo(cls, ...):
>       ...
> 
> This simplified syntax only allows names to specify decorators.  It
> could allow multiple names, although I'm not sure it should,
> 
> I find this *far* more readable and obvious than any of the other syntaxs
> I've seen propsed.

Agreed.

> Those applications that *need* decorator arguments could use the more
> complex pie-shaped notation.

I wouldn't care to define a decorator function to introduce arguments,
and force every decorator function to take a single argument.

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