On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:30:40 +1000 > Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The second (#9396) came up in the context of the new cache decorators >> added to functools, and allowing applications to choose their own >> caching strategies. I suggested exposing the original (uncached) >> function, and Raymond suggested that the easiest way to enable that >> would be for functools.update_wrapper to add a new attribute that >> provides a reference to the original function. Some time back, we >> considered doing this automatically as an integral part of decoration, >> but decided that wasn't appropriate. However, building it into the >> explicit wrapping functions makes sense to me. To avoid namespace >> conflicts, I plan to use "__wraps__" as the name for the reference to >> the original function. > > I think it should be "__wrapped__".
Agreed, particularly since the relevant argument to update_wrapper() is already called "wrapped". Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
