PEP 318 - Function Modifier Syntax

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

Jonathan Claggett wrote:
> How about overloading the keyword "is" instead of "as"?
>
>     def func(x) is staticmethod:

Again, mangled English. You've got a noun torn between
two verbs, which is a cruel thing to do to it.

-- 
Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
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