"Raymond Hettinger" <python at rcn.com> writes:
>> > A failing common to all of the proposals is that they turn action
>> > words (like classmethod) into adjectives with implicit actions.
>
> [Greg Ewing]
>> Action words? I would have said "classmethod" is a noun, and as such
>> it's a perfectly good name for a decorator.
>
> Sure, the current name happens to be a noun instead of "classmethodify",
> but what it does is action oriented. So, the real issue is declarative
> versus imperative. Both are great, but don't mix well.
I disagree, especially where Python is concerned. Declarations in
Python, if that even has meaning, are imperative by nature. Try
running this:
def f():
g()
f()
def g():
pass
The highest level languages are often declarative. The fact that the
declarations may be executed is, as Greg says, an implementation
detail.
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