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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Roman Suzi wrote:
> I think @ before def are unacceptable because they aren't too Pythonic
> and thus break style and aestetics of Python. 

This is not a convincing statement. Who is going to define what is
Pythonic and what is not? My understanding of that term was that it
can only refer to programs (e.g. a function could do something in
a Pythonic way - namely, if that is how other Python practitioners
would have written it). The language itself is by nature Pythonic -
even if it would add curly braces. Of course, Pythonic version 2.4
differs from Pythonic version 1.4.

Regards,
Martin