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.
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