[Python-Dev] Extended Function syntax

2003年1月29日 20:18:58 -0500

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003, Jack Jansen wrote:
>> Can't we do something along the lines of "import as"? I.e. allow either 
> one or two identifiers after a def, and if there's two then the first 
> one changes what happens? Then we could say
>> def property foo:
> 	...

That sounds good to me, but what about the syntax for the actual
property functions? Are you suggesting:
def property foo:
 def __get__(self):
 ...
 def __set__(self, value):
 ...
> Hmm, the __name__'s of various builtin types are not exposed in any 
> namespace, are they? Otherwise we could say that "def foo():" is really 
> a shorthand for "def xxx.function foo():", and maybe even "class Bar:" 
> for "def xxx.classobj Bar:"

Do you perhaps mean "def function foo" and "def class Bar"?
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