[Python-Dev] Re: decorators and 2.4

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at iinet.net.au
Tue Jun 29 21:34:24 EDT 2004


Barry Warsaw wrote:
> I doubt he will respond.  I think Guido has decided what the semantics
> will be and is just waffling over what syntax to choose.  /I'm/ waiting
> for Tim to respond, because he'll get a clear image on his BCR (BDFL
> Channel Receptor) a few days before Guido makes up his mind and posts
> his pronouncement.

I'm now hoping that he goes for the list-before-def approach, since 
Phillip seems to have shown that it would then be possible to:
a) get to use decorators
b) write backwards compatible code (albeit with a little magic to do so)

Cheers,
Nick.

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