J2 proposal: keyword

[Roy Smith]

"Robert Brewer" <fumanchu at amor.org> wrote:

> Just to put collected wisdom in one spot for now, here's what's in my
> draft:
> 
> 
> III. Choosing a keyword
> 
> If a keyword is to be chosen over @ or other punctuation, the question
> remains, "which word should it be?" Many words have been proposed, and
> although we may recommend a small number here, it is more important that
> we establish guidelines for the selection of a keyword. The keyword: 
> 
> -Should not be used widely as an identifier in existing Python code. 
> -Should be easy to remember when writing new code. 
> -Should be easy to remember when reading existing code. 
> -Should be easy to search for, in both docs and Google. 
> -Should not be a word with a planned future. This rules out "with" and
> "as" (I should probably footnote this). 
> -In this author's opinion (back me up here, people), it should not be a
> form of the word "decorate". The term "decorate" conflicts with two
> separate concepts: both the GoF Decorator pattern (which is a runtime
> wrapper, not a compile-time one), and with our own beloved
> "decorate-sort-undecorate" pattern (aka Schwartzian or Guttman-Rosler
> Transform). 

Putting on my "Slightly Silly Party" hat, may I suggest that "pie" meets 
all of those constraints :-)