What is a decorator in Python?

Published: 13 June 2022
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A decorator is a callable (usually a function though sometimes a class) that accepts either a function or a class and returns a new function or class that wraps around the original one.

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00:00 Decorators accept a function and return a function
01:30 The decorator syntax: using the @ symbol to apply decorators
02:42 Decorator functions, decorator classes, function decorators, and class decorators
03:06 Decorators can be implemented using classes too
03:45 Class decorators decorate classes
04:23 Recap

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