[Python-Dev] Re: other uses for "as" [was Re: new syntax for wrapping(PEP 318)]

[Mike Rovner]

Bob Ippolito wrote:
> def myfunc(x, y) [accepts(int, int), returns(int)]:
>      pass
>
> Nothing stops you from (ab)using this syntax to do it.. but you may
> need to specify kwarg names twice if you want to skip some, and you
> would probably have a hard time deciding how to spell adaptation of
> *args or **kwargs :)

Why? Inventing obcure syntax is an easy part:

def myfunc(*x, **y) [accepts([int], {string:int}), returns(int)]: pass

Hard part is keep it simple and useful. ;)

Mike