[Python-Dev] Re: def fn (args) [dec,dec]:

[Nicolas Fleury]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Yes, this whole thing is deeply about readability.  It *started* with
> the observation that the post-function-body decorator "syntax" had
> usability / readability issues.  A lot of Python is about that.

I agree.  In fact, I've been convinced by both sides that both 
@decorators and list-after-def solutions have major readability 
drawbacks.  For example, this is more readable than both:

decorate classmethod:
     def foo(arg1,arg2):
         ...

But it is less usable when the decorator applies to a single function, 
unless a syntax is allowed to do it without indentation.  And there's a 
new keyword.  But adding a special character to avoid adding a new 
keyword?  Wouldn't a "from __future__ import decorate" until Python 2.X 
or 3 be better?  It seems like a good compromise to me...

Regards,
Nicolas