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

[Walter Dörwald]

Neal Norwitz wrote:

> [...]
>         def foo(cls, lots, of, arguments, that, will, not,
>                 fit, on, a, single, line) \
>         [classmethod, decorate(author='Someone', version='1.2.3',
>                                other='param')]:
>             """The docstring goes here."""
> 
> I hope that's a pretty unrealistic case.  I think all of the proposed
> variants are ugly with the definition above.  But, this may be more
> reasonable:
> 
>         def foo(cls, lots, of, arguments, all, on, a line) \
>                [classmethod, 
>                 decorate(author='Someone', version='1.2.3', other='param')]:
>             """The docstring goes here."""
> 
> Writing decorators this way is the least surprising to me.  Although,
> I wish there was a better alternative.

Why not make the def look like a function call, i.e.:

    def(classmethod,
        decorate(author='Someone', version='1.2.3', other='param')) \
       foo(cls, lots, of, arguments, all, on, a line):
       """The docstring goes here."""

Bye,
    Walter Dörwald