> > where could I have found this without posting to the group ? is that > behaviour documented somewhere ?
Decorators are not specific to web2py -- this is standard Python. Although the web2py book does have a chapter covering Python basics, it is not intended to provide comprehensive documentation of the language. There are many resources online for understanding Python decorators. Note, doing: @check_mod_set_active def index(): return dict(message="hello from test.py") is essentially equivalent to something like: def index(): return dict(message="hello from test.py") index = check_mod_set_active(index) When written in the latter format, it is clear that the code at the beginning of check_mod_set_active (i.e., checking the session and redirecting) gets run every time the controller is executed (even if index2 is the function being called). Hence the need to put all the decorator code inside a wrapper function and return the wrapper -- that way, setting up the decoration doesn't do anything but generate the new modified index function. Anthony -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
