[Python-Dev] Re: decorators and 2.4

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jun 25, 2004, at 5:51 PM, Jeff Bone wrote:

>
> On Jun 25, 2004, at 3:52 PM, Brian L. wrote:
>
>> such a bad way. The brackets actually set off the decorators nicely.
>> Something like:
>>
>> [decorators]
>> def func(args):
>>     pass
>>
>
> +1
>
> IMHO, making decorators functions is a bad idea.  Decorators are 
> metadata about the function to which they refer.  Using the same 
> syntax for decorators as for functions conceptually weakens this 
> distinction and encourages misuse of decorators, even to the point of 
> potentially encouraging (or implying) side-effects as a result of 
> decoration.

Uh, the WHOLE POINT we want this is to have side-effects.  If it 
doesn't make the function act in a different way, it might as well live 
in the doc string or something.

The most wanted use cases are all function transformations, not the 
setting attributes on function objects.

-bob

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