Steve Holden wrote:
MRAB wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:27:51 +0100, MRAB wrote:
A decorator shouldn't call the function it's decorating.
*raises eyebrow*
Surely, in the general case, a decorator SHOULD call the function it is
decorating? I'm sure you know that, but your wording is funny and could
confuse the OP.
What I mean is that the function that's doing the decorating shouldn't
call the function; it's the locally-defined wrapper function that calls
the decorated function.
Ah, gotcha, that makes sense. Now I understand the distinction you
were making. Thank you for the clarification.
I had the following idea: define the terms 'decorator', 'decoration' and
'decoratee'. The decorator applies the decoration to the decoratee. The
decoratee is the function defined locally in the decorator.
It would make more sense (to me, at least) if the decoratee were the
function passed as an argument to the decorator.
Oops, you're right! What I meant was that the _decoration_ is the
function defined locally in the decorator.
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