[Python-Dev] Re: decorators and 2.4

[Jeff Bone]

+1

But only if semantically regarded *by the language* as literals rather 
than higher-order applications, as is (admittedly) implied if not 
explicit in the PEP.

jb

On Jun 29, 2004, at 8:34 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

> Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> I doubt he will respond.  I think Guido has decided what the semantics
>> will be and is just waffling over what syntax to choose.  /I'm/ 
>> waiting
>> for Tim to respond, because he'll get a clear image on his BCR (BDFL
>> Channel Receptor) a few days before Guido makes up his mind and posts
>> his pronouncement.
>
> I'm now hoping that he goes for the list-before-def approach, since 
> Phillip seems to have shown that it would then be possible to:
> a) get to use decorators
> b) write backwards compatible code (albeit with a little magic to do 
> so)
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
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