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

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Aug 6 17:37:57 CEST 2004


> Ah Jeeze :-)  Are you really, truly saying that you want to introduce @ to
> help people format their declarations?  This just seems like complete
> nonsense to me.

Insulting words don't suit you, Edward.

Yes, this whole thing is deeply about readability.  It *started* with
the observation that the post-function-body decorator "syntax" had
usability / readability issues.  A lot of Python is about that.

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


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