elements of decorator syntax suggestions

[Michele Simionato]

Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message news:<41155C33.37EEB397 at alcyone.com>...
> Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> > Overloading a unary prefix operator is out.  As Anthony said, vertical
> > bar seemed to be the leading contender on python-dev Friday.  You can
> > find tedious arguments there about most of the others that would go
> > for you.
> 
> Why is | superior to @?  | already has a meaning in Python, and it has
> nothing to do with decorators ... at least @ has the virtue of currently
> being unused in the language, and having the precedent of being used for
> a similar feature in Java.

1. @ is already used in Leo and ipython, "|" is not. 
2. "|" stands visually more than other characters.
3. Many people have an irrational repulsion for "@" and "$".


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