[Python-Dev] Call for defense of @decorators

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 02:24 PM 8/6/04 +1200, Greg Ewing wrote:
>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

Which reduces composability of decorators by introducting the possibility 
of attribute collisions, while simultaneously reducing clarity by 
separating decorators from their arguments.