[Python-Dev] Re: def fn (args) [dec,dec]:

[IxokaI]

On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 09:58:59 -0700, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> > decorate classmethod:
> >      def foo(arg1,arg2):
> >          ...
> Somebody should add to the PEP that solutions requiring an extra
> indent level for the function have a drawback.  Having your minimal
> indent level be three deep is painful for those using limited-width
> windows; also, the inconsistent indentation between methods with and
> without decorators would be a readability problem (plus,
> adding/removing decorators would require reindenting the entire method
> body).

Doh. That's true... What about:

class foo:
    def bar(arg1, arg2):
        | staticmethod
        | interface(int, string)
        """ This is my doc string """
        for i in range(arg1):
            print arg2

I've been convinced that the list-after-def is bad, but still loathe @
as painful, and really, really, really hate how the @decorators do not
fit into our indented world of grouping stuff together well. I think a
keyword like, say, "using" instead of | would be even better, but...
:)

class foo:
    def blah(self): 
        return None
    | staticmethod
    | interface(int, string)
    def bar(arg1, arg2):
        """ This is my doc string """
        for i in range(arg1):
            print arg2

In that example, only knowing "the bar goes down" clearly connects the
decorators to the right method. And if 'blah' was one of those
bad-styled one-line-functions...

--Stephen