[Python-Dev] 2.4a2, and @decorators

[Greg Ewing]

> I think Anthony's checkin message was accurate enough though -- it's
> the syntax everyone can hate equally.  But I'm glad /something/ made
> it in!

Well, I'm not. It seems like a decision made in haste.

Maybe I'll get used to it in a few decades, but right
now I feel very disappointed. We were *so* close to
agreeing on something nice, and then for some reason
it all went pear-shaped. :-(

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