Jonathan S wrote:
> Hi all,
> The following is what I want to do, but this results in a syntax
> error:
>
>
> @news_page('template.html').lookup(News, 'news_id', 'news')
> def view(request, group, news):
> pass
>
>
> What does work is the equivalent old way of doing decorating:
>
>
> def view(request, group, news):
> pass
> view = news_page('template.html').lookup(News, 'news_id', 'news')
> (view)
>
>
>
> Any suggestions? I have my reasons for doing this, (news_page is a
> class, and __call__ is used to wrap the template.)
> I'm sure this is a limitation in the syntax, but would parenthesis
> somewhere help?
@apply(lambda:news_page('template.html').lookup(News, 'news_id', 'news'))
def view(request, group, news):
pass
But I'd go with a dedicated helper function.
Peter
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