Alternative decorator syntax - POLL RESULTS SO FAR - ARE WE DONE?

[Ville Vainio]

>>>>> "Arthur" == Arthur  <ajsiegel at optonline.com> writes:

    Arthur> It seems ironic to me that in a group devoted to an
    Arthur> appreciation of Python, and its advocacy - it is often
    Arthur> those who reject the notion that the language has the
    Arthur> kinds of glaring weaknesses that require some fundamental
    Arthur> change ot it, that form the opposition to an
    Arthur> "establishment" that has become convinced quite otherwise.

If you don't want improvements to the language, don't download the new
version. Keep on writing the code in the old style, and run foreign
code through a preprocessor that e.g. converts decorators to the old
non-syntax style.

If you really want a stagnant, non-evolving language, there are many
to choose from. I guess Python could also be forked to a special
ZombiePython edition, where heresy like a+=4 and list comprehensions
are unheard of.

    Arthur> I sometimes wish those folks were more candid about its
    Arthur> deficiencies before I started my study of it back in 1.5.2
    Arthur> days.

If Python was still like 1.5.2, 90% of the current community would be
running Ruby (assuming it would have evolved while Python had
stagnated).

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Ville Vainio   http://tinyurl.com/2prnb