[Python-Dev] request: add keywords for static and class methods only [related to decorators discussion]

[Bob Ippolito]

On Aug 6, 2004, at 1:13 PM, Doug Holton wrote:

> After reading some posts here and the wiki page discussing the 
> decorators:  http://www.python.org/moin/PythonDecorators
> One idea that some people have suggested is to separate out standard 
> uses for decorators like function metadata, vs. built-in features of 
> python, like static methods and class methods.
>
> So I'm suggesting, don't use decorators for static and class methods.
>
> Perhaps for 2.5 or whenever, we should add keyword support for 
> built-in features, just like java:

Now that's a -1 if I've ever seen one.

-bob