[Python-Dev] PEP 318 - generality of list; restrictions on elements

[Guido van Rossum]

> I agree.  FWIW, I think the list of things inside the square brackets
> should be simple identifiers, i.e. the names of callables that have been
> defined elsewhere.  I'd prefer to keep them simple, meaning no lambdas
> or list comprehensions.  But that's just me.

Actually, allowing things that look like function calls here would be
very useful, e.g. to set C#-like attributes.  (Or so a little birdie
tells me.)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)