Where is decorator in this example code?

fl rxjwg98 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 14 07:13:19 EST 2015


On Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 7:11:11 AM UTC-5, fl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am learning decorator following this link:
> 
> http://thecodeship.com/patterns/guide-to-python-function-decorators/
> 
> When I read decorator on class, I don't see decorator taking in effect.
> In the following code snippet, there is the same print out if I comment out
> two lines 'def p_decorate(func):' and '@p_decorate'.
> 
> Can you tell me what role of decorator in this code?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ......
> def p_decorate(func):
>    def func_wrapper(self):
>        return "<p>{0}</p>".format(func(self))
>    return func_wrapper
> 
> class Person(object):
>     def __init__(self):
>         self.name = "John"
>         self.family = "Doe"
> 
>     @p_decorate
>     def get_fullname(self):
>         return self.name+" "+self.family
> 
> my_person = Person()
> print my_person.get_fullname()

My OP may not be clear enough. Here is the key question. After the function
definition, there is no obvious decorator application in the function call:

my_person = Person()
print my_person.get_fullname()

Where is the difference between the non-decorator and decorator in this 
example?

Thanks,



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