[Python-Dev] Re: Call for defense of @decorators

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 10:22 AM 8/6/04 +0100, Mark Russell wrote:
>On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 03:46, Andrew Durdin wrote:
> > 8. When using multiple decorators, each appears on a separate line.
>
>No, you can put multiple decorators on a single line -- you just need a
>newline before the def.  From test_decorators.py:
>
>         class C(object):
>             @funcattrs(abc=1) @staticmethod
>             def foo(): return 42
>
>Probably not good style (but neither is "if cond: stmt" I guess).

*shudder*

Can we change this?  The positive benefits that the @ syntax *does* have, 
seem completely  lost by doing this.