On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 11:59 -0700, Paul McGuire wrote: > On Jul 7, 1:47 pm, "Nathan Harmston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I m thinking about writing some code which logs the input and output > > of a function/script and stores it in a database using sqlalchemy > > (although I havent started on this yet). I want to do this via a > > decorator ( I think this is the best way ). > > [...] > > I can access the arguments passed to the "logged" function, but is > > there anyway I can capture the output of the function i.e. 10. > > > > Many Thanks in advance, > > > > Nathan > > Yes. Capture the output of the function to a variable and log it > before you return it. > > def log(fn): > def newfn(*args): > print datetime.date.today() > print __file__ > print fn.__name__ > print args > returnValue = fn(*args) > print returnValue > return
What Paul means here is, of course, "return returnValue", not a bare return. -- Carsten Haese http://informixdb.sourceforge.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list