[Python-Dev] Re: Decorators: vertical bar syntax

[Greg Ewing]

Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>:

> Is a space allowed after the prefic character, whatever it might be?  With
> 
> def foo():
>    | classmethod
>    | accepts(int,int)
>    | returns(float)

It certainly looks much better with the space. But I'm
not sure if it should be required -- it would be a strange
kind of rule, inconsistent with the lexical style of the
rest of the language.

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