How do Python decorators work internally? #14999
Replies: 2 comments
|
A decorator is simply a callable that takes a function as input and returns a new function. When you use the @decorator syntax above a function definition, Python executes function = decorator(function) immediately at definition time. The internal process relies on closures. The decorator defines an inner wrapper function that encloses the original function. Because of Python's lexical scoping, this wrapper retains access to the original function object even after the decorator function has finished executing. This allows the wrapper to call the original function later when the decorated function is invoked. |
|
Hey! You can't really make native Windows home screen widgets with Python directly. But here's what you can do:
If you want to contribute to this repo though, there are good first issues for algorithm implementations! |
A decorator is simply a callable that takes a function as input and returns a new function. When you use the @decorator syntax above a function definition, Python executes function = decorator(function) immediately at definition time.
The internal process relies on closures. The decorator defines an inner wrapper function that encloses the original function. Because of Python's lexical scoping, this wrapper retains access to the original function object even after the decorator function has finished executing. This allows the wrapper to call the original function later when the decorated function is invoked.