[Python-Dev] method decorators (PEP 318)

[Walter Dörwald]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> [...]
>   def foobar(self, arg):
>       @author: AuthorInfo(author="GvR", version="1.0", copyright="GPL", ...)
>       @deprecated: True
> 
> I could also see using '=' instead of ':':
> 
>   def foobar(self, arg):
>       @author = AuthorInfo(author="GvR", version="1.0", copyright="GPL", ...)
>       @deprecated = True

For me '@' looks like something that the compiler shouldn't see.
How about:

   def foobar(self, arg):
       .author = AuthorInfo(author="GvR", version="1.0", 
copyright="GPL", ...)
       .deprecated = True

Bye,
    Walter Dörwald