[Python-Dev] decorator module patch (original) (raw)

Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettinger at verizon.net
Sun Mar 12 23:03:58 CET 2006

[Nick Coghlan]

I agree it makes sense to have "decorator", "memoize", "deprecated" and "partial" all being members of the same module, whether the name be "functools" or "functional" (although I have a slight preference for "functools" due to the parallel with "itertools").

I like "functools" for a different reason -- the name is sufficiently broad so that we don't have fret about whether a particular tool fits within the module's scope. In contrast, a name like "functional" suggests that some of these tools don't quite fit.

Raymond

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