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

[Paul Prescod]

Bob Ippolito wrote:

>...
> 
> Not to mention the fact that you'll have to start prefixing your 
> function attributes so that you don't clash between decorators.. because 
> of the flat namespace.

This is already the case today. __doc__ is prefixed with "__". Python 
COM and PyXPCOM both use a single _. It is just the nature of function 
attributes and has nothing to do with whether they are used by 
decorators or frameworks invoked in some other way.

  Paul Prescod