[Python-Dev] PEP 318: Is decorators the right term for these things? (original) (raw)
Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Fri Apr 2 20:51:35 EST 2004
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On Apr 2, 2004, at 3:22 PM, <pythondev at bitfurnace.com> wrote:
I know this discussion has focussed on the term "decorator", but I think the term is a misnomer. These things arent just passive, static decorations, but are rather more dynamic active things; possibly "transformations" or "transforms".
Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. Many of the useful cases actually are transforms (classmethod, staticmethod, objc.selector), not merely decoration (as an interface declaration may be, it could return the original function unchanged, it really depends on the adaptation framework).
I do pretty much agree with you though.
-bob
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