[Python-Dev] 2.4a2, and @decorators

[Guido van Rossum]

> Now, it's true that this will just become '@when("whatever")' in
> 2.4, and I'm *fine* with that, just disappointed that the syntax
> won't be forward compatible.

Implementability in 2.2 and 2.3 was never on the list of requirements
for decorators.  You're adding this constraint yourself.  I know it
was brought up before but I never agreed with that constraint (and the
previous community favorite, [...]-after-args, wasn't compatible
either).

I presume your framework is already full of hacks, which is fine by
me, but I don't want to use it as a deciding factor for the decorator
syntax.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)