> at the point of its definition Ok, that makes sense, thanks. I guess needing syntax for this is a consequence of Python's quirky lambdas. In languages with f

> at the point of its definition Ok, that makes sense, thanks. I guess needing syntax for this is a consequence of Python's quirky lambdas. In languages with full lambdas, you can just wrap an anonymous function at the point of definition. profile = login_required(function (...) ...) -- in Lua (define profile (login-required (lambda (...) ...))) ; in Scheme let profile = login_required(fun ... -> ...) (* in OCaml *) Putting the decorator on its own line draws attention to it, though. This is probably also another instance of Python's "flat is better than nested" design choice.