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changeset: 102510:e0f9f8be7963 branch: 3.5 parent: 102507:d9e25fe35f46 user: Berker Peksag berker.peksag@gmail.com date: Wed Aug 03 10:17:21 2016 +0300 files: Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst description: Issue #26576: Clarify that the @deco syntax is not always an equivalent of f = deco(f) Patch by Chris Angelico. diff -r d9e25fe35f46 -r e0f9f8be7963 Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst --- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst Tue Aug 02 22:30:24 2016 +0200 +++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst Wed Aug 03 10:17:21 2016 +0300 @@ -503,11 +503,13 @@ @f2 def func(): pass -is equivalent to :: +is roughly equivalent to :: def func(): pass func = f1(arg)(f2(func)) +except that the original function is not temporarily bound to the name ``func``. + .. index:: triple: default; parameter; value single: argument; function definition @@ -638,14 +640,13 @@ @f2 class Foo: pass -is equivalent to :: +is roughly equivalent to :: class Foo: pass Foo = f1(arg)(f2(Foo)) The evaluation rules for the decorator expressions are the same as for function -decorators. The result must be a class object, which is then bound to the class -name. +decorators. The result is then bound to the class name. **Programmer's note:** Variables defined in the class definition are class attributes; they are shared by instances. Instance attributes can be set in a /berker.peksag@gmail.com