Confused about pep 318

[Anthony Baxter]

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:12:59 -0400, Christopher T King <squirrel at wpi.edu> wrote:
> This is the post that started it all:
>  http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-August/046599.html
> 
> Quote:
>  The @decorator patch has been landed on the trunk, after
>  getting the go-ahead from the BDFL. I'll update PEP-0318
>  with the final syntax in the next day or so.
> 
> That's the first most people had heard of it.  Guido had given Anthony
> Baxter the go-ahead in a private e-mail.  There had previously been no
> public discussions about it.

Nonsense.

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-June/thread.html#45516
was over a month earlier. In addition, the particular SF item for this 
http://www.python.org/sf/979728 wasn't exactly hidden.

Anthony