[Python-Dev] Re: A usability argument for list-after-def

[David Eppstein]

In article <5.1.1.6.0.20040805160715.01f0c060 at mail.telecommunity.com>,
 "Phillip J. Eby" <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:

> Guido has stated he'll accept one community syntax proposal as an 
> alternative to "@".  He's also ruled out his own previous proposal 
> (list-before-def), and a variety of new-keyword alternatives involving such 
> things as 'as' and 'with'.
> 
> There doesn't appear to be a downside for decorator supporters to put forth 
> another syntax, if they like it better than "@"; it seems the worst case is 
> that we still end up with "@", if we end up with any syntax at all.

It's clear from previous discussions that there can be no single 
community preference.  The downside to me is that all this brouhaha will 
prevent us from getting any syntax at all.

-- 
David Eppstein
Computer Science Dept., Univ. of California, Irvine
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/