[Python-Dev] Re: Re: Call for defense of @decorators

[Andrew McGregor]

--On Tuesday, 10 August 2004 7:56 a.m. -0500 Skip Montanaro 
<skip at pobox.com> wrote:


> I don't think anybody's come up with a candidate keyword that reads well
> in most/all situations.  Consider:
>
>     make accepts(int, (int, float))
>     make returns(int)
>     def foo(arg1, arg2):
>         return arg1 * arg2


     make accepts(int, (int, float)):
         make returns(int):
             def foo(arg1, arg2):
                 return arg1 * arg2

looks more like Python to me.  And I know it's nested, but it reads better 
IMO.

Aren't we really trying to recreate def as a multi-line lambda that binds 
when it's in a context that is not expecting a function argument in block 
form?  One way of looking at def or any of the other keywords that 
introduce blocks is as operators that take block(s) as argument(s).

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Andrew McGregor
Director, Scientific Advisor
IndraNet Technologies Ltd
http://www.indranet-technologies.com/

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