Decorators are syntactic sugar. They add no functionality.
@decorator
def/class possibly_long_name ...
abbreviates
def/class possibly_long_name ...
<possibly many lines running off screen or page>
possibly_long_name = decorator(possibly_long_name)
thereby warning the reader at the beginning that possibly_long_name will
be rebound and avoiding typing possibly_long_name thrice.
Neither consideration applies to module imports.
Wrapping the functions and classed inside the module does not wrap the
module, it mutates it. Module names tend to be short and would only
need to be written twice, not thrice. And the mutation call would
immediately follow the import line, so readers can easily see what happens.
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