The output is still not what I want. Now runtime error free, however the output is not what I desire.
def setname(cls): '''this is the proposed generator to call SetName on the object''' try: cls.SetName(cls.__name__) except Exception as e: print e finally: return cls class Trial(object): '''class to demonstrate with''' def __init__(self): object.__init__(self) self.name = None @classmethod def SetName(cls, name): cls.name = name @setname class Test(Trial): '''i want SetName to be called by using setname as a decorator''' def __init__(self): Trial.__init__(self) if __name__ == '__main__': test = Test() print 'instance' print '', test.name #should be Test print 'class' print '', Test.name The output is: python decors2.py instance None class Test I want: instance Test class Test Is this possible in this manner? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list