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Tue Aug 17 01:15:48 CEST 2004 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-August/047906.html

Robert Brewer wrote:

> Michael Sparks wrote:
> 
>>As for whether it's the right keyword or not, I'm not sure 
>>I'm qualified to 
>>say, but decorators seem much more like declarations of 
>>function properties 
>>in all the use cases I've seen.
> 
> The proposal, in effect, creates a declarative suite as opposed to the
> more traditional imperative suite. Perhaps "declare:" would be more
> appropriate (but give your brain a week to mull it over ;).

I'm still a fan of 'predef:' if a keyword is going to be involved. The 
only thing I've seen so far that is common to all decorators is that 
they are predefining things about a 'def' we haven't encountered yet :)

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan               |  Eugene, Oregon
Email: ncoghlan at email.com  |             USA

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