[Python-Dev] PEP 318: Can't we all just get along?

[Aahz]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004, Gareth McCaughan wrote:
> On Thursday 2004-08-19 06:58, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>
>>> From the posts I've seen here, the only alternatives that have
>>> considerable popular support are ones that you've already
>>> rejected. So I suspect nobody really feels it's worth trying.
>> 
>> Well, do people generally buy those rejections, or is their consensus
>> that I'm mistaken?
> 
> I'm one of the people who doesn't really feel it's worth trying.
> *My* consensus :-) is that you're mistaken. I think that
> 
>   - the @-syntax is horrible and unpythonic as all-get-out,
>     but usable;
> 
>   - your arguments against the []-before-colon form are utterly
>     bogus;

Aside from changing "utterly bogus" to "excessive", I'm entirely +1 on
everything Gareth wrote in his post.
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