[Python-Dev] Re: Re: Call for defense of @decorators
Skip Montanaro
skip at pobox.com
Wed Aug 11 16:55:41 CEST 2004
Andrew> Aren't we really trying to recreate def as a multi-line lambda
Andrew> that binds when it's in a context that is not expecting a
Andrew> function argument in block form?
I suppose you can look at it that way. The output of a function definition
plus any decorator applications to it need not be a function though. I
posted a simpleminded example of generating a greyscale ramp using a
decorator. If I thought about it for more than a few seconds I could
probably come up with some other examples as well where the output wasn't a
function. Some of them might even be useful. ;-)
Skip
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