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

[Paul McGuire]

"Arthur" <ajsiegel at optonline.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:07:53 -0500, Doug Holton <insert at spam.here>
> wrote:
>
> >Paul McGuire wrote:
> >> Total voters: 55
> >> Of all of the votes cast, J2
> >> received 48%, C1 received 18%.  No other option received more than 10%
of
> >> any votes.
> >
> >I vote 3 times for C1.  So just my one vote raises C1 to 20%.  I think
> >you need to do an online poll so you get more people than just those who
> >have been discussing the decorator keyword here this past week.  I got
> >over 250 votes for C1 just last week vs. the 22 who voted for J2 here.
> >During this 2nd poll people were confused about whether they could vote
> >for A1 or not, and some people said many of the options on the wiki page
> >were not allowed anymore.
> >
>
> I think it should also be noted in the report of the voting results
> that the a vote for "no new syntax at this time" was specifically
> outlawed.
>
> As a side point:
>
> It seems ironic to me that in a group devoted to an appreciation of
> Python, and its advocacy - it is often those who reject the notion
> that the language has the kinds of glaring weaknesses that require
> some fundamental change ot it, that form the opposition to an
> "establishment" that has become convinced quite otherwise.
>
> I sometimes wish those folks were more candid about its deficiencies
> before I started my study of it back in 1.5.2 days.
>
> Art