[Python-Dev] Re: A usability argument for list-after-def
Jp Calderone
exarkun at divmod.com
Fri Aug 6 00:33:40 CEST 2004
David Eppstein wrote:
> 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.
>
This would be a major downside, if the feature were unsupportable
without syntax additions.
Jp
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