Possible PEP: Improve classmethod/staticmethod syntax

[Duncan Booth]

Duncan Booth <duncan at NOSPAMrcp.co.uk> wrote in 
news:Xns93907DB5984EBduncanrcpcouk at 127.0.0.1:

> Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote in 
> news:mailman.1054701247.26488.python-list at python.org:
> 
>> But you could also write your own function, and use it in a
>> metaclass-like way, e.g.:
>> 
>>     def fooDoc(f):
>>         f.__doc__ = "Bob's your uncle."
>>         return f
>> 
>>     class Klass(object):
>>         def meth(this, that) [fooDoc]:
>>             pass
>> 
> 
> Or better:
> 
> def Doc(docstring, **kw):
>     def fDoc(f):
>         f.__doc__ = docstring
>         f.__dict__.update(kw)
>         return f
      return fDoc
> 
> class Klass(object):
>     def meth(this, that) [Doc("Bob's your uncle.", Author="me")]:
>         pass

I hate posting untested code, its always wrong.


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Duncan Booth                                             duncan at rcp.co.uk
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