[Python-Dev] PEP 318 - posting draft

[Thomas Heller]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

>>     def func [dec1, dec2, ...] (arg1, arg2, ...):
>>         pass
>> 
>> Quixote's Page Template Language uses this form, but only supports a
>> single decorator chosen from a restricted set.  For short lists it
>> works okay, but for long list it separates the argument list from the
>> function name.
>
> OTOH, for long argument lists, the "preferred" form has the reverse
> problem: the decorators are separated from the function name by the
> long argument list.
>
> The question then becomes, what is more likely: long argument lists or
> long lists of decorators?  I *know* that (at least in certain code
> bases :) long argument lists are common.  Will long lists of
> decorators ever become popular?

I don't think so.  Although even a single decorator may be a function
taking quite some arguments.

Thomas