From: Kirby Urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > @simpson > def g(x): return x*x > > >>> g(0, 3) > 9.0000000000000036
My resistance to decorators is not unrelated to the fact that I don't seem capable of getting my mind around them. I do find it quite disconcerting that the arguments "g" is expecting cannot be ascertained in the normal manner - that is by looking at "g" for the arguments it is expecting. Ouch, ouch, ouch. I think decorators are a little *too* cool - though do accept they have there real world uses. I am not sure why these are them. And certainly my issue is unrelated to the particular choice of syntax Guido made - which I happen to like, but probably for the wrong reasons. I *particularly* dislike decorators in the context of teaching/learning. Something that is relatively straight forward as executable pseudo-code becomes fancy/schmancy programming. I would probably introduce them first a step or two before metaclasses - in the Python for gurus class. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
