[Python-Dev] Re: def fn (args) [dec,dec]:

[Guido van Rossum]

> It's not at all clear that Fredrik likes it, but he doesn't
> participate in Python development any more so we may never know :-(. 
> From his blog:
> 
> > ...so someone I've never heard of added a major syntactic feature
> > to Python 2.4, using a syntax that Guido doesn't really
> > like. sorry, guys, but I liked Python better when the core
> > language was controlled by a single designer with a strong
> > intuition.  the current
> > design-by-arguing-until-nobody-cares-anymore-committee just don't
> > understand what made Python's design so damn good (as the "[new
> > syntax] is no worse than [existing operator] meaning [something
> > when used with a given type]" comment clearly shows). sigh. good
> > thing nobody can force me to use decorators (or update to 2.4, for
> > that matter). time to finish my own interpreter, perhaps. or at
> > least start using a fresh one.
> 
> Jeremy

I saw that blog entry, and was surprised, because he really did seem
to like it back then.  It's clear that Fredrik (a) forgot that I
showed it to him, and (b) misunderstood (or worse, deliberately
misconstrued) how it came checked in.  I'm disappointed.

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