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

[Guido van Rossum]

> A simple issue I have with:
>      [classmethod, logged, debug]
>      def function(args):
>          ...
> Is "How do you type this into Idle?"  I realize this is not the most
> important of considerations, but access to experimentation is going to
> be vital.  You can always force with:
>  >>> if True:
>          [classmethod, logged, debug]
>          def function(args):
>              ...
> 
> but I wonder if we want to go that route.

Since it will normally be part of a class, you shouldn't have any
problem.  I expect that toplevel functions with decorators will be
rare enough to put up with the "if True" work-around.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)