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The document provides an overview of decorators in Python, explaining their purpose, implementation, and benefits such as enhancing functionality without modifying existing code. It covers key concepts including argument-based and chained decorators, as well as practical activities related to logging and caching. The agenda outlines the topics to be discussed during the session on decorators.

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Day 7

The document provides an overview of decorators in Python, explaining their purpose, implementation, and benefits such as enhancing functionality without modifying existing code. It covers key concepts including argument-based and chained decorators, as well as practical activities related to logging and caching. The agenda outlines the topics to be discussed during the session on decorators.

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Python Basics

Decorators Deep Dive in Python


Agenda – Python Basics - Day 7

• What are decorators?


• Why use decorators?
• Writing custom decorators
• Argument-based decorators
• Chained decorators
• Activities: Logging and caching decorators
Decorator

• Technical Definition:
A decorator is a design pattern that allows you to modify or extend
the behavior of functions or classes without permanently modifying
their structure. In Python, decorators are implemented as higher-order
functions that take a function as input and return a modified function.
• Original Function→ Decorator → Enhanced Function
• A decorator in Python is a function that modifies the behavior of
another function without changing its code.
Why Use Decorators?

• Add functionality to existing code without modifying it


• Clean, readable way to apply cross-cutting concerns (e.g.,
logging, caching, auth)
• Reusable and modular
Argument-based decorators

• Three-Layer Structure: Decorators with arguments require


an additional layer - a decorator factory that returns the
actual decorator. This creates a three-layer nested function
structure.
• Decorator Factory → Decorator → Wrapper → Enhanced
Function
Chained decorators

• Execution Order:
When multiple decorators are applied to a function, they are
executed from bottom to top (closest to the function first), but
their wrapper functions execute from top to bottom during
function call.
Activities: Logging and caching decorators

• Jump to Notebook for this activity.


Q&A

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