[Python-Dev] Call for defense of @decorators

[Greg Ewing]

Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com>:

> And how would that solve this: 
> <http://www.eby-sarna.com/pipermail/peak/2004-July/001598.html>

FWIW, in decorator-plus-function-attributes style, this
would be

  def do_something(x,y) [generic]:
    @when = "x in int and y in str"
    # body here will be executed when 'x'
    # is an integer and 'y' is a string

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