PEP 318 provides some great examples: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0318/
For more information no the decorator pattern in general: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorator_pattern How one actually makes use of decorators beyond the above is an exercise of imagination. Wolfgang Draxinger wrote: > I'm just reading the python language reference and came around > the term "decorated functions", but I have no idea, for what > they could be used. > > Any reply gracefully accepted. > > Wolfgang Draxinger > -- > E-Mail address works, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ: 134682867 > GPG key FP: 2FC8 319E C7D7 1ADC 0408 65C6 05F5 A645 1FD3 BD3E -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list