Following discussion on c.l.py I've just submitted:
http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=103441&group_id=5470
which implements a syntax for adding function attributes inline:
>>> def f(a) having (publish=1):
... print 1
...
>>> f.publish
1
It uses an "import-as" like strategy to avoid makeing "having" a
keyword (which interacts a bit badly with error reporting, as it
happens). Obviously, it would be easy to change "having" to a
different word.
Another idea I had was:
>>> def f(a) having (.publish=1):
... print 1
...
>>> f.publish
1
to emphasize the attributeness of what's going on, but I didn't like
this as much in practice (I always forgot the period!).
Emile van Sebille also suggested
>>> d = {'a':1}
>>> def f(a) having (**d):
... print 1
...
>>> f.a
1
which I haven't implemented, because I didn't really like it, but I
thought I'd mention.
I'll do test suites and documentation in time, but I thought I'd call
in here to check the idea wasn't DOA. What do you all think?
Cheers,
M.
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