Proposed improved decorator syntax

[Rob Williscroft]

 wrote in news:mailman.1235.1091753699.5135.python-list at python.org in 
comp.lang.python:

> class foo:
>     def introduceNewFeature(self, someArgument, anotherArgument):
>         .decorate = [synchronized]
>         .accepts  = (int, int)
>         .author   = 'Chris King'
>         pass # whatever
> 
> 

AIUI it is intended that prefix '.' will be used at some point
with a 'with'/'using' keyword:

class Foo:
  def f( self ):
   with self:
    .member = value

But since we can have function's in function's and we already
have "special" member functions (__init__ etc):

class Foo:

  def method( self ):

    def __decorate__( func ):
      synchronized( func )

    __accepts__ = (int, int)
    __author__ = "whoever"

    pass

Rob.
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