[Python-Dev] Re: Call for defense of @decorators
"Martin v. Löwis"
martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Aug 6 20:25:28 CEST 2004
Christian Tismer wrote:
> the primary purpose of all the decorator syntax effort
> is to get the
>
> foo = classmethod(foo)
>
> into the right place, not after but before the definition.
>
> Dunno if this was mentioned before, but why not simply do that?
> Move the statement right before the def and provide a way
> that this gets recognized correctly.
>
> No syntax change, just the convenience people asked for.
I don't think this can work. How precisely would you implement
it? Python traditionally executes source code from top to bottom,
except for loops.
Regards,
Martin
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