[Python-Dev] Class decorators (original) (raw)

Michael Chermside mcherm at mcherm.com
Fri Mar 31 14:47:28 CEST 2006

In the discussion over class decorators, Jim Jewett writes:

I have often started with a function, and ended up replacing it with a callable object so that I could save state without resorting to "defalt args" or worse.

I would prefer to decorate these exactly like the functions they replace.

I have observed the entire discussion about class decorators with absolutely no opinion, until I read Jim's brief post quoted above. I am now completely convinced that class decorators ought to exist and behave exactly like function decorators. Thanks, Jim for pointing out what should have been obvious to me from the start. The ability to use callable objects as functions is a powerful tool in Python, and ought not be broken by decorator inconsistencies.

-- Michael Chermside

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