On Jun 29, 3:39 pm, gops <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am noob in python. while reading some source code I came across ,
> this funny thing called @ in some function ,
>
> def administrator(method):
> @functools.wraps(method)
> def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
> user = users.get_current_user()
> if not user:
> if self.request.method == "GET":
>
> self.redirect(users.create_login_url(self.request.uri))
> return
> raise web.HTTPError(403)
> elif not users.is_current_user_admin():
> raise web.HTTPError(403)
> else:
> return method(self, *args, **kwargs)
> return wrapper
>
> now what is that "@" used for ? I tried to google , but it just omits
> the "@" and not at all useful for me(funny!! :D)
>
> It will be enough if you can just tell me some link where i can look
> for it..
>
> Thank you in advance. :D
@ is decorator. It's a syntax sugar, see this example:
class A(object):
@decorate
def blah(self):
print 'blah'
is the same as:
class A(object):
def blah(self):
print 'blah'
blah = decorate(blah)
Now you know the name, I guess google will help you find the rest of
the explanation.
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