[Python-Dev] Re: Candidate Function Decorator (original) (raw)

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Tue Apr 13 13:40:27 EDT 2004

"Raymond Hettinger" <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net> [cc'ed]:

I worked out the details for binding constants and posted a recipe http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/277940

I have the impression that it is proposed that the function f will not yet be bound to its name (f.func_name) in its environment at the time the decorator is called. If so, f.func_name will not appear in env unless you separately add it. If you do add it, then I would think that recursive functions would be bound to themselves and recursive calls would also go faster, just as with calls to builtins, etc.

The only obvious downside to me is that the circular ref would keep function around until gc'ed, but that is why gc was added ;-).

Terry J. Reedy

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