[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to Python, here I'd like to have a question: I noticed a > special way to call a function in a program: > > @function_name > > No argv is passed, even though the function_name asks for one. Any idea > what this @something syntax is trying to achieve. I haven't been able > to find any answer of on the google web and groups. > > TIA.
@function_name is called a decorator. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0318/ http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/node6.html casevh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list