I like it. It makes regular use of a decorator less cluttered and I
think it matches the conceptual purpose of annotations well.

Dave


On Nov 1, 2007, at 10:28 AM, David Binger wrote:

> Currently, templates are denoted by [html] (or [plain]) between the
> function name
> and the parameter list.
>
> I've proposed (and implemented) an alternative form I call template
> decorators,
> where "@[xml]" or "@[str]" appears on the line before the def.
>
> I've thought of another possibility that I want to run by you.
>
> In python 3, we can (optionally) annotate parameters and functions
> like this:
>
> def f(x:int, y:list) -> float:
>
> I'm proposing using a similar annotation syntax for annotating the
> function name,
> using a colon and either "xml" or "str" to say that the function is
> a template
> and that it should be compiled using the "xml" transformation, or
> the "str"
> transformation.
>
> def f:xml():
>
> or
>
> def f:str():
>
>
> Maybe this notation fits best into the python of the future.
>
> I like that it is as grep-able as the current notation, but a
> little shorter.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
>
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