[IPython-dev] Musings: syntax for high-level expression of parallel (and other) execution control

[Brian Granger]

> Yes, but where does the decorator module get the source code?

>
> It doesn't, IPython does that.  But by keeping a reference to the
> real, original undecorated function (this reference is normally lost),
> then IPython's introspection can do its job correctly and finds the
> sources.
>
>
OK, this makes sense.  What are the limitations of this approach?
That is, are the circumstances where it is not possible to get the
source code from the undecorated reference.

Cheers,

Brian



> Does that help?
>
> Cheers,
>
> f
>
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