On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:45 AM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Is monkey-patching disallowed because `mod.func1` is defined as a > constant? Or are all functions automatically considered to be > constants? > > If the later, then decorators won't work in strict mode: > > @decorate > def func(): > ... > > is defined as: > > # define-decorate-replace > def func(): > ... > > func = decorate(func) > > so if functions are automatically const, decorators won't work. > > Occasionally I find that decorator syntax is not sufficient, and I've > used the explicit "define-decorate-replace" form. That won't work > either. >
Even though decorator syntax is described as being equivalent to define-decorate-replace, it actually assigns only once. So if the definition of "constant" is "may only be bound once", a decorated function would be fine. (But doing it explicitly wouldn't.) ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/PSQVUILAIASACZQSPZZXZMSWPEHR56VW/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
