Alternative decorator syntax decision

[Robert Brewer]

Top-posting-to-help-quick-scanning: J2 J2 J2.

To Paul, M. Sparks, et al: Since J2 is coming up frequently (and Guido
did not immediately reject it when asked), I'm going to follow through
and try to write a proposal this weekend for J2. I'll post it here for
feedback (and of course, wait for the 'final' count of votes) before
posting it on py-dev.


Robert Brewer
MIS
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-bounces+fumanchu=amor.org at python.org 
> [mailto:python-list-bounces+fumanchu=amor.org at python.org] On 
> Behalf Of Paul McGuire
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 12:17 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Alternative decorator syntax decision
> 
> 
> There are a number of messages on the python-dev mail list 
> that indicate
> that Guido is looking for some concensus to come from this 
> list as to what
> *one* alternative syntax for decorators we would like him to 
> consider in
> place of the @ syntax that is currently in 2.4a2.
> 
> I think special thanks are due to:
> - Anthony Baxter for his continuing efforts in this regard
> - Steven Bethard for some of the clearest thinking and 
> writing on this topic
> - Michael Sparks for actually implementing one of the options
> 
> We've all done our share of pitching and whining, but we need 
> to settle on
> *one* option for Guido to consider.
> 
> (And let's not get wrapped up complaining about the "process" 
> being followed
> in this whole thing, personally I think it is quite poor.  
> But let's play
> with the cards we've been dealt, and at least make a 
> collective proposal.)
> 
> The significant alternatives have been listed on the Python wiki at
> http://www.python.org/moin/PythonDecorators .
> 
> Interested parties should also look at the comments in the python-dev
> archive for the past month, at
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-August/thread.html .
> 
> I would propose a multivote survey: each poster gets 3 votes among the
> lettered choices on the Wiki page above.  You can use all 3 
> for a single
> option, or split them across 2 or 3 options if you are open 
> to more than
> one.
> 
> I am not going to argue that this is scientific in any respect, but it
> *should* allow the major 1 or 2 choices to bubble to the top. 
>  I have used
> this process at work many times in the past when it was 
> necessary for a
> large group to set priorities among a large list of choices.
> 
> My vote is:  J2  J2  C1
> 
> By the way, once an option has been chosen, it *still* needs an
> implementation for Guido to accept it.  This puts some of the 
> options way
> ahead of the others, in my mind.
> 
> (And let's hope we get at least as good a response as the 
> "average age"
> thread!)
> 
> -- Paul
> 
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