PEP 318 - Function Modifier Syntax

[Greg Ewing (using news.cis.dfn.de)]

Roman Suzi wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Erik Max Francis wrote:
>>Kevin Smith wrote:
>>>        def foo(self) as synchronized(lock), classmethod:

> the syntax is confusing, because "as" already has a meaning of
> "to be known as":

So maybe it needs to be

   def foo(self) as a synchronized(lock), classmethod:

"as" is already a pseudo-keyword, so one more shouldn't
hurt...

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