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

[Terry Reedy]

"Mike Thompson" <mike.spam.filter at day8.com.au> wrote in message
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>      as: [classmethod]
>      def func(args)

I think I like this better than the bare list as a prefix.  as: suites
could be explained as an optional prefix suite for functions just as else:
suites are optional suffix suites for if/while/for.   Hmmm...

Terry J. Reedy