[Python-Dev] Extended Function syntax

[Guido van Rossum]

> However this could work:
> 
> class Foo(object):
>     myprop = property:
> 	"""A computed property on Foo objects."""
> 	def __get__(self):
> 	    return ...
> 	def __set__(self, value):
> 	    ...
> 	def __delete__(self):
> 	    ...
> 
> This would call property() with the results of parsing the indented block.
> Not sure yet this is a good idea, but it could have many other (possibly
> good, possibly harmful) uses.

Funny, I had a vision of something very similar this morning in the
shower. :-)

The problem is that this is a *very* radical change to the grammar,
and I'm not sure I can rigorously define how the switch from
"expression parsing mode" to "block parsing mode" should work.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)