Decorators were there in Python 2.4, released in 2005. Not exactly new. On Sat Nov 15 2014 at 7:51:11 AM Richard Riehle <rrie...@itu.edu> wrote:
> On Friday, November 14, 2014 2:18:48 PM UTC-8, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > > Richard Riehle <rrie...@itu.edu>: > > > > > I find that not a lot of Python user really appreciate the power of > > > decorators. > > > > Well, I don't. > > > > All it means is that I've never seen a use of decorators that has > > enhanced the code. Once I "see the light," I'll have no problem changing > > my view. > > > > > > Marko > > Decorators are new in Python, so there are not a lot of people using > them. From my experience with other languages, especially Ada and Eiffel, > I enjoy the benefit of assertions (as pre-conditions and post-conditions > and invariants) at the specification level (not embedded in the code), so > decorators are closer to my other experience. They bring me closer to the > Design by Contract model of Ada and Eiffel. That is why I was so pleased > to see them added to Python. > > It is true, however, that they are not immediately intutive in Python, but > once understood, they are handy IMHO for improving code reliability. > Perhaps I was spoiled by having this capability in some other languages. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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