The manipulation (@dec) is still right next to the thing being manipulated (def dec). I'm not trying to be pedantic. It really does affect readability when syn

The manipulation (@dec) is still right next to the thing being manipulated (def dec). I'm not trying to be pedantic. It really does affect readability when syntactic sugar's affect spans an entire scope. Whether or not that effect on readability is greater or less than the gain by the syntactic sugar is always a matter of opinion. Obviously my opinion is out of line with Python's core devs.