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

Anthony Baxter anthony at interlink.com.au
Fri Aug 20 05:34:39 CEST 2004


Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 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.

More importantly, _don't_ go either collecting or posting votes on this
issue to python-dev. If all you have to add is either "+1 to this" or
restating prior arguments, _use_ _comp.lang.python_. I'd suggest the
thread "Alternative decorator syntax decision" in that group.

Anthony


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