PEP318 yet an alternate syntax idea

[Marco Aschwanden]

Python has the concept that names with a preceding underscores (__) will 
be mangled in some way. I suppose the "compiler"/interpreter does this 
name-mangling. Why not use the same concept:

def __static__theRealFunctionName(self, var1, var2):
     pass

The compiler will do some name mangling. The function is called without 
the __static__ part:

--> theRealFunctionName(3,4)


The advantages:

- Old code won't break (except if someone has functions starting with 
__static__).
- It is an already used concept for "private" variables --> they might be 
migrated to __private__
- well they even might be joined: 
__static____privat__theRealFunctionName(...)
- don't use it if you don't need it (this probably defaults to a 
__public__)
- The definition tells us what kind of method (class?) this is

The disadavantage:
- long names

Stupid idea? I guess so, but I am too stupid to see why?

Bye,

Marco