Confused about pep 318

[Edward K. Ream]

> None of the decorator discussions _ever_ reached a conclusion.

I find this oddly reassuring, in a sorta black-humorous way.  At least we
won't have to undo the previous agreement :-)

> Would the bitching have been
> seriously that much better if, half an hour before I committed the patch,
> Guido had posted a note saying pretty much what I forwarded on from him?

The issue is not about rights to commit code, the issues are whether

a) the question was ever publicly discussed at all and
b) whether any consensus was reached.

Apparently, the answer to both questions is No.

> Yes, it would have been nice if PEP-0318 was updated in advance of this.

Not nice.  Essential.  It is fundamentally unfair to pretend to have
discussed a proposal publicly that has always been grossly misrepresented in
the one place one would naturally look to find information about it.

Edward
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