[Python-Dev] Yet Another Decorator Syntax Suggestion (YADSS)
Robert Brewer
fumanchu at amor.org
Mon Mar 29 12:45:24 EST 2004
Mike Thompson wrote:
> I propose that the 'as' keyword be used together with whitespace
> indentation before the 'def' to *optionally* decorate the
> def, something like this:
>
> as:
> classmethod
> def func(arg):
> pass
>
> Damn. I just re-read PEP-318 and found it included a syntax
> similar to
> that which I propose. Something from Quixote which uses
> 'using' where I have used 'as'.
I've been +1 on this solution (or a variant of it ;) for some time now.
>From a readability standpoint, I think it wins hands-down. Until someone
demonstrates it's technically impossible... <wink> it gets my vote. I'd
want something other than 'as', however. Crazy thought: how about
'decorator'?
Robert Brewer
MIS
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org
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