Passing parameters thru decorators

[MRAB]

On 2017-04-12 21:42, andrew.holway at otternetworks.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to work out how to pass parameters through decorators:
> 
> class Meow():
> 
>      def __init__(self, arg1, arg2):
>          print("INIT ClassBasedDecoratorWithParams")
>          print(arg1)
>          print(arg2)
> 
>      def makebold(self, fn):
>              def wrapped():
>                  return "<b>" + fn() + "</b>"
>              return wrapped
> 
> banana = Meow("foo", "bar")
> @banana.makebold("foobar")
> 
> def hello():
>      return "hello world"
> 
> print(hello())
> 
> 
> Returns error:
> INIT ClassBasedDecoratorWithParams
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> foo
>    File "/Users/andrew/PycharmProjects/untitled3/meow5.py", line 15, in <module>
> bar
>      @banana.makebold("foobar")
> TypeError: wrapped() takes 0 positional arguments but 1 was given
> 
> 
> so I add a var to wrapped:
> 
>      def makebold(self, fn):
>              def wrapped(flibble):
>                  print(flibble)
>                  return "<b>" + fn() + "</b>"
>              return wrapped
> 
> Returns error:
> INIT ClassBasedDecoratorWithParams
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> foo
> bar
>    File "/Users/andrew/PycharmProjects/untitled3/meow5.py", line 16, in <module>
> <function hello at 0x1029198c8>
>      @banana.makebold("foobar")
>    File "/Users/andrew/PycharmProjects/untitled3/meow5.py", line 11, in wrapped
>      return "<b>" + fn() + "</b>"
> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
> 
> This is confusing me. How do I get hold of the "foobar" string so I can use it in the decorator?
> 
You're passing "foobar" into 'makebold' in the parameter 'fn' and then 
trying to call 'fn' in the return statement. You can't call a string.