Python Programming

Here is our decorator from the previous page again:

def christmas_decorator(func):
    def wrapper():
        print("wrapping")
        func()
        print("with a Christmas-y wrapper")
    return wrapper

And we have decided that our gift should always be wrapped for Christmas:

def gift():
    print("a toy")

gift = christmas_decorator(gift)

gift()

In the code above, you might notice yourself saying gift over and over. As much as I love gifts, let’s try to reduce the repetition.

In Python, you can save yourself from typing gift = christmas_decorator(gift) by annotating gift() with @christmas_decorator instead. So the following code is the same as the above.

@christmas_decorator
def gift():
    print("a toy")

gift()

Try this out yourself! You will see that your gift will be Christmas-ready! 🎄🎁