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

[Michael Hudson]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

>> 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?

Seems like it would be painful to implement.

Obviously that's not a killer blow, but:

If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.

Cheers,
mwh

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