PEP318

[Arthur]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:35:02 -0700, David Eppstein
<eppstein at ics.uci.edu> wrote:

>In article <7ttmh0t8c3cogtbhhnp1ohqu8b51pda461 at 4ax.com>,
> Arthur <ajsiegel at optonline.com> wrote:
>
>> foo=staticmathed(foo).
>> 
>> That is the universal langauge for transformations.  And when we try
>> to explain to anybody what it is that @decorator means, we go back to
>> the pseudo code that is in fact the existing syntax.
>> 
>> I guess I am mystified what it is that is perceived to have been
>> gained ... by moving magic outside the function block to the top of a
>> function in lieu of expressive code outside the function block at the
>> bottom of the function.
>
>Not having to write the function name three times?  If it's just foo, 
>that would be one thing, but have you seen the PyObjC examples?

Does

def __f(something):
    dosomething

the_name_I_really_ant_to_call=transform(__f)

work?

>
>Also, it's not in the Zen of Python, but maybe declarative is better 
>than imperative?

Starting now, I guess. ;)

Art