Can we pass an object as an argument to a decorator function?

Asked Dec 01 '15 at 12:22

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I have been working on with decorators quite a while now , and have seen them in action in Django REST Framework (@api_view), and also In some of my own code. As for the definition and usage part I am clear that how it works. But I am interested to know if I can pass on an Object as argument to a Decorator.Also if we cannot then why we can't?

@my_decorator(my_object)
def my_func():
    return something

asked Dec 01 '15 at 12:22

Atul Jain

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i am talking about objects not fucntion – Atul Jain Dec 01 '15 at 12:27
Why wouldn't you be able to do that? Everything in Python is an object, so if you can pass an argument, you can pass any object. – knbk Dec 01 '15 at 12:30
I thought a function was an object... – Felipe Alarcon Dec 01 '15 at 12:32
A function _is_ an object. That's why you can pass it as an argument to a decorator. Just like classes, modules, etc. – knbk Dec 01 '15 at 12:33
can you explain me by example – Atul Jain Dec 01 '15 at 13:02
@AtulJain Maybe this question would help you, I think it's close to what you are asking for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25292239/python-functions-are-objects – qasimalbaqali Dec 01 '15 at 14:53

Can we pass an object as an argument to a decorator function?

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