[Python-ideas] setting function properties with a decorator syntax

[Greg Ewing]

spir wrote:

> def powerN(n):
>     def f(x,n=n):	# ugly ;-)
>         return x ** n
>     return f

Since nothing can change the value of n there after powerN
returns, there's no need for default argument abuse. You
can just write

   def powerN(n):
      def f(x):
        return x ** n
      return f

-- 
Greg