[Python-Dev] PEP 318: Decorators last before colon

[Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)]

> From: Guido van Rossum
> 
> > Another possibility that has been suggested is
> > 
> > [decorator] 
> > def func(arg, arg):
> 
> And one that I currently favor.  I'm out of bandwidth to participate
> on a msg-by-msg basis, but perhaps folks can see if they can come to
> terms with this solution?

OTOH, if there is any code currently like that (which I highly doubt) then it's quite possible that it contains side effects e.g.

    [synchronized(lock)]
    def func (arg):

would currently call synchronized before the function definition - if this syntax were changed to be the decorator syntax that would change it's meaning.

As I said though, I think it's highly unlikely to exist in practice.

Tim Delaney