[Python-ideas] adding possibility for declaring a function in Matlab's way

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Géza writes:

 > Some advantages:
 > - You can easily see what the function returns, without having to read the 
 > function body, or hoping to find it in the comments.

This is probably true in Matlab, and *if* the programmer gives it a
good name.  But many programmers will care more about saving (len
variable-name) keystrokes that about giving good names, so you will
literally see

def result = foo (**args):
    # code goes here

So, is result a list?  A function?  An instance of some class?  Maybe
it's polymorphic.

-1 overall; the syntax we have already is readable enough.

Also, some of the things you might want to use this for probably can
be done with decoraters.