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

[Tim Peters]

[Barry Warsaw]
> Actually, that's an interesting case study.  Myself and others advocated
> for a keyword other than 'def' for introducing generators.  That wasn't
> how things turned out and in hindsight I think Guido made the right
> decision.  I'm confident the same thing will happen with decorators.

Ya, but it's sure taking Guido long enough to figure that out in this case!

def staticmethod:
def author(name='Barry'):
def returns([int]):
def method(self):
     return 42

a-keyword-for-all-seasons-ly y'rs  - tim