On 12/8/06, Talin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One other minor brainstorm before I head off to work: I'd like function
decorators to work with assignment statements as well as 'def' statements.
Use case:
class Foo:
@private
def myfunc():
pass
@private
selected = True
Rationale: The 'def' statement is a type of assignment statement, in
that it assigns a value (a function object) to a symbol. For
consistency, the same mechanic ought to be available to other kinds of
assignment.
That just seems ugly. Decorators are fine for functions, methods (and
eventually classes) because they only appear in one place. But having them
strewn about within a function body just seems messy to me.::
def fxn():
@decorator
a = b
@decorator
c = d
@decorator
e = f
Contrived, I know, but that just hurts my eyes. Plus if you want to change
the value of something before it is assigned then pass the value to be
assigned to a function. Decorators provide the ability to pre-process
objects that one could not normally touch before assignment. You don't have
this issue with assignment statements in a function and thus you are not
solving a problem here that decorators were designed for.
-Brett
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