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[Python-Dev] Re: Decorators after 'def' should be reconsidered

Roman Suzi rnd at onego.ru
Thu Aug 12 07:51:13 CEST 2004 
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Greg Ewing wrote:

> Andrew Durdin <adurdin at gmail.com>:
>
> > One very nice thing with Python to date is that it is very easy to
> > read even without syntax coloring--I think that's a feature worth
> > keeping.
>
> So do I. Currently I edit Python on my Mac with BBEdit Lite,
> without syntax colouring, and I haven't missed it. I wouldn't
> enjoy starting to miss it now.
>
> Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+

The only useful sense for syntax colouring right now is to
highlight reserved keywords and built-in names. There are so many
of them, that it is already hard to find a name for a variable ;-)

Probably, Python should have an option to protect built-in names.

Sincerely yours, Roman A.Suzi
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