decorators tutorials

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

james_027 a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> I am having difficulty understanding decorator. The definition was
> clear for me, but the syntax is not so clear to me.
> 
> will decorators will always have to be in this way
> 
> def check_login(func):
>     def _check_login(*args):
>         print "I am decorator"
>         return func(*args)
>     return _check_login
> 

Sort of... Well, depends...

Basically, a decorator is a callable taking a callable as argument and 
returning a callable. These callable are usually *but* not necessarily 
functions. You may want to read the section about the special method 
__call__ in the  Fine Manual.

Also, you may want to write a 'parameterized' decorator - a decorator 
taking arguments. In this case, you need one more wrapping level:

def check_login(msg):
   def check_login_deco(func):
     def _check_login(*args, **kw):
       print msg
       return func(*args, **kw)
     return _check_login
   return check_login_deco

@check_login("I am the decorator")
def my_func(toto, tata):
   print toto, tata