[Python-Dev] PEP 318 - function/method/class decoration

[Bernhard Herzog]

Bob Ippolito <bob at redivi.com> writes:

> On Mar 6, 2004, at 12:17 PM, Bernhard Herzog wrote:
>
>> Bob Ippolito <bob at redivi.com> writes:
>>
>>> This proposed new syntax is:
>>>
>>> 	funcdef: 'def' NAME parameters ['[' exprlist ']' ] ':' suite
>>>
>>> 	classdef: 'class' NAME ['(' testlist ')'] ['[' exprlist ']'] ':'
>>> suite
>>
>> Why are the decorators an exprlist while the base classes are a
>> testlist?
>
> The testlist is the list of base classes..  In both cases, the
> decorators are an '[' exprlist ']'

That much was obvious enough :).  What I meant was: Why are the
decorators an exprlist and not a testlist?  The base classes are a test
list and the elements of a list-literal that (listmaker in Grammar) are
effectively a testlist too, so it's not obvious why the decorators
should not also be a testlist.

   Bernhard

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