[Python-ideas] @return?

[Lie Ryan]

On 04/14/10 07:36, Conrad Irwin wrote:
> The proposal is thus to introduce "@return" that returns the decorated
> object, a hybrid of the behavior of the return statement and decorators.
> I think the intended semantics are clear, providing you know the basics
> of how decorators work:
> 
>     def decorator(func):
>         @return
>         def wrapper(*args):
>             func(modulate(args))

Why stop half-way? Why not eliminate the nested defs as well:

@decorator(func)
def wrapper(*args):
    func(modulate(args))

to mean:

def decorator(func):
    def wrapper(*args):
        func(modulate(args))
    return wrapper