On 7/6/05, Michael Chermside <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Moore writes: > > I also like the fact that it offers a neat 1-word name for the > > generator decorator, "@context". > > Well, ok... does anyone *else* agree? I too saw this and thought "neat! > a simple one-word name!". But then I started worrying that it's not > defining the *context*, but rather the *context manager*. While > "context manager" is a term I could easily imagine associating only > with 'with' statements, "context" is too general a term... even after > Python supports 'with' statements I will continue to use "context" > to mean lots of different things (eg: decimal.context).
Actually, you're starting to persuade me... Although I generally prefer decorator names which are single words. Along with the at-sign, underscores make the whole thing look a little too "punctuation-heavy" for me (and don't suggest camel case, please!). Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
