What are decorated functions?

[Daniel O'Brien]

PEP 318 provides some great examples:
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0318/

For more information no the decorator pattern in general:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorator_pattern

How one actually makes use of decorators beyond the above is an
exercise of imagination.

Wolfgang Draxinger wrote:
> I'm just reading the python language reference and came around
> the term "decorated functions", but I have no idea, for what
> they could be used.
>
> Any reply gracefully accepted.
>
> Wolfgang Draxinger
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