[Python-Dev] -1 on @[decorator]

Josiah Carlson jcarlson at uci.edu
Fri Jul 2 04:25:20 CEST 2004


I'm -1 on the @-syntax for the same reason as Fernando Perez; IPython
from Scipy.

Scipy has its own conference, so seemingly has a fairly large user base.

IPython is an enhanced Python shell that uses @ for certain shell
accesses and aliasing.

Since there exists a piece of Python software (which may be used by a
not-insignificant number of people) that uses @, IMO, using @ for
decorators, when there exists two other valid syntaxes (either of which
many have declared to be just fine), seems a bit irresponsible.

 - Josiah




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