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

[Guido van Rossum]

> I agree with Gareth on both of his main points: I didn't buy Guido's
> rejection of list-after-def (and so argued against his points in
> another thread here); but the decorator suite before the def (J2) is
> quite nice also, and it doesn't hide the def when there are lots of
> decorators (due to the indentation). I would strongly support either
> proposal over the current @decorators.

So pick a favorite already and argue with the folks on c.l.py about
which one will be presented to me.  I'm serious.  I don't want a
hundred people arguing their separate points with me.  If that's all I
get the current syntax stays.  If the community can *agree* on
something they can support, I will listen.  But it has to be a unified
voice.

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