[Python-Dev] Class decorators
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Wed Mar 29 21:07:12 CEST 2006
On 3/28/06, Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:
> If we're using Zope 3 as an example, I personally find that:
>
> class Foo:
> """Docstring here, blah blah blah
> """
> implements(IFoo)
>
> is easier to read than:
>
> @implements(IFoo)
> class Foo:
> """Docstring here, blah blah blah
> """
But the former also smells more of magic. A function putting a magic
variable into the scope in which it is called isn't exactly elegant
use of Python. You've probably read too much Zope code to be sensitive
to this argument; but to me it still grates.
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