[Python-Dev] Re: decorators and 2.4

[Greg Ewing]

> The left edge is already cluttered.
> 
> a = 5
> b = a()
> def foo(xyz):
>      abc = 5
> c = 20
> 
> It is the indentation that alerts your eye to the function definition.

But the indentation alone doesn't distinguish a def from an if or
while or any other indented thing. Most people would leave some space
before and after the function definition:

  a = 5
  b = a()

  def foo(xyz):
     abc = 5

  c = 20

Unfortunately, leaving space between the decorators and the function
would break the visual association between them.

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