[Python-Dev] Questions about '@' in pep 318

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Edward K. Ream wrote:
> Ok.  Consider me dense.  But I'm just wanting something that _looks_ like a
> module reference but isn't really.  What it is really is a stand-in for '@'.
> Wouldn't this allow user-defined annotations, provided the compiler was in
> on the joke?  In essence, what I am asking for is
> just-another-name-for-at-sign.

In essence, you are proposing to reserve a new keyword. Solutions 
creating new keywords have been ruled out because they might break
existing code.

Regards,
Martin