[Python-Dev] Re: @decorators, the PEP and the "options" out there?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Nicolas Fleury wrote:
> Other crazy ideas (in case it inspires anyone):
> 
> accepts(int,int,def)
> returns(float,def)
> def bar(low,high):

That doesn't work. If accepts and returns are callables
(as they should be), then this already means something
in current Python. So this would not be backwards
compatible.

> for def accepts(int,int)
> for def returns(float)
> def bar(low,high):

This is probably very confusing to existing tools,
which expect an identifier after the for, and a colon
somewhere on the same line.

Regards,
Martin