[Python-Dev] PEP 318: Can't we all just get along?

[Kevin Smith]

On Aug 18, 2004, at 3:51 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:
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> Is @syntax really SO horrible that you propose that we make decorators 
> near useless to most but more "aesthetically pleasing" to some?

That's kind of a loaded question.  I don't think that this simpler 
syntax is "near useless."  It fulfills pretty much all of the problems 
that the original PEP aimed to fix.  And, I don't mean to be rude, but 
yes the @syntax is that horrible.

> Do you use a significant amount of decorators now?

I used them enough to write the PEP in the first place, and I would use 
them even more if there were a better syntax for them.

> Do you plan to use them much in the future?  It seems to me that most 
> people who argue against the sensible and flexible syntaxes are the 
> same people who will rarely if ever use decorators at all...

Kevin Smith
Kevin.Smith at sas.com