Re: [python-uk] Advice on decorator grammar

2013-04-08 Thread Simon Yarde
Thanks Sven. That's just what I was looking for. For anyone interested, here is the message with Guido's gut-feeling back in 2004, and the in the subsequent few posts are arguments one way or the other: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-August/046711.html In summary, there is a d

Re: [python-uk] Advice on decorator grammar

2013-04-04 Thread Simon Yarde
pand this further, for instance your decorator could expose the > original function so you don't have to keep on re-running the decorator. > > decoratedfoo = mydecorator(foo) # create decorated function > decoratedfoo(1, 2) # run decorated function > decoratedfoo.or

Re: [python-uk] Advice on decorator grammar

2013-04-03 Thread Simon Yarde
; Finally, if you're trying to implement singleton like behaviour. (a registry > etc..) then using your example of binding an instance of MyDecorator() to a > module-level name is sensible. > > MY_REGISTRY = MyDecorator() > > @MY_REGISTRY.decoate_this() > def wrapped(): >

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2013-04-03 Thread Simon Yarde
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[python-uk] Advice on decorator grammar

2013-04-03 Thread Simon Yarde
Hi All I've not posted to this list before. Hello! I have a question about decorators and have failed to devise a search that has thrown up any history of discussion on this particular matter. Does the following seem like something that 'should' work? Or is anyone aware of a source of document