[Python-Dev] Re: Re: Call for defense of @decorators

[Greg Ewing]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Walter_D=F6rwald?= <walter at livinglogic.de>:

> I can't understand why we can't have a new keyword for decorators.
> If I remember correctly the introduction of yield didn't result
> in such a public outcry.

The problem isn't so much the mechanics of adding a keyword,
but choosing which keyword to use. The expected uses of
decorators are so diverse that no single word would sound
right for all of them.

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