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

[Bob Ippolito]

On Mar 6, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Bernhard Herzog wrote:

> 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.

Oh, sorry.. haven't had my coffee yet.

In that case, I'm not sure.  This is mwh's implementation, I'm sure 
there was a reason.

-bob