[Python-Dev] Re: method decorators (PEP 318)

[Casey Duncan]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:41:03 -0800
Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> [Walter Doerwald]
> > For me '@' looks like something that the compiler shouldn't see.
> 
> I don't understand.  Why?  Is that what @ means in other languages?
> Not in JDK 1.5 -- the compiler definitely sees it.
> 
> > How about:
> > 
> >    def foobar(self, arg):
> >        .author = AuthorInfo(author="GvR", version="1.0",
>                               copyright="GPL", ...)
> >        .deprecated = True
> 
> No, I want to reserve the leading dot for attribute assignment to a
> special object specified by a 'with' statement, e.g.
> 
>     with self:
>         .foo = [1, 2, 3]
>         .bar(4, .foo)

Have you been reading the Prothon docs? ;^)

-Casey