[Python-3000] Fwd: Conventions for annotation consumers

[Paul Prescod]

On 8/20/06, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We're discussing the alternative of
>
> >>> def f(a:int, b):
>
> which is better for some things -- but much worse for others; if the
> metadata is any longer than int, it is almost certainly worse.  So (I
> believe) he is suggesting that we just reuse decorator syntax
>
> >>> @sig(a=int)
> ... def f(a, b):


I don't believe that's true, because this is the syntax he showed:

>          @callmeta
>          def foo( a: [ SetDoc("frobination count"), InRange(3,9) ],
>                   b: InSet([4,8,12]) )
>                   -> IsNumber:

I guess I still don't really understand what he's getting at or what the
value of @callmeta is in that example. It just seems like extra noise with
no value to me...

Ron: what *precisely* does the @callmeta decorator do? If you can express it
in code, so much the better.

 Paul Prescod
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