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[Nick Coghlan]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> I discussed this approach with Guido in private e-mail a few months back 
> during discussion about an article I was writing for DDJ about 
> decorators.  We also discussed something very similar to 
> 'update_meta()', but never settled on a name.  Originally he wanted me 
> to PEP the whole thing, but he wanted it to include optional type 
> declaration info, so you can probably see why I haven't done anything on 
> that yet.  :)
> 
> However, if we can define a __signature__ format that allows for type 
> declaration, I imagine there'd be little problem with moving forward on it.

But one of the reasons for providing 'update_meta' is so that additional 
metadata (like __signature__) can later be added transparently.

Does deciding whether or not to supply the function really need to be dependent 
on whether or not a format for __signature__ has been chosen?

Cheers,
Nick.

P.S. the patch is currently deficient in the test and documentation departments, 
so it's formally incomplete, but I figure it makes sense to finish the 
discussion before sorting those out.

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