[Python-Dev] pep 318, Decorators for Functions, Methods and Classes

[Skip Montanaro]

(still catching up...)

    Simon> I just wanted to say that I believe it should be allowed to
    Simon> decorate classes. There's not reason enough (reading the thread
    Simon> linked to by the PEP) to limit decorators this way. Like said
    Simon> several times in that thread, metaclasses are harder (to write
    Simon> and to understand) than decorators.

While it might be perceived as a limitation there's nothing preventing its
addition in a later version if warranted.  I believe most/all the various
proposals on the PythonDecorators wiki, not just the pie syntax, could be
easily adapted to class decoration.

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