[Python-Dev] Re: method decorators (PEP 318)

[Guido van Rossum]

> > No, I want to reserve the leading dot for attribute assignment to a
> > special object specified by a 'with' statement, e.g.
> > 
> >     with self:
> >         .foo = [1, 2, 3]
> >         .bar(4, .foo)
> 
> Have you been reading the Prothon docs? ;^)

No, I've expressed this idea before, and they probably saw it.  Plus,
this is in VB so neither of us can claim to have invented it. :-)

http://freespace.virgin.net/s.cowan/vbhowto/how_to/vb_controls/with_statement.htm

(And "with" was in Pascal 30+ years ago, without the leading dot.)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)