[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 318: Decorators last before colon

[Simon Percivall]

On 2004-03-31, at 23.01, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>>
>> But is the special case of decorated functions/methods really worth 
>> adding a
>> special case to current syntax rules?
>
> Yes.

But is it really wise to add the special syntax required to make your 
work easier (or possible) by overloading a currently perfectly valid 
(if non-sensical) statement? It's one thing that you really, really 
want a better decorator syntax; it's another thing completely that the 
new syntax is an overloaded and restricted list. That's just plain 
wrong for many reasons argued earlier.