Python · Junior · Theory

What is a decorator in Python? How would you write your own decorator, for example one that measures how long a function takes to run?

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The interviewer wants to see whether you understand how decorators work under the hood: functions are first-class objects, the wrapper is a closure, and @ is syntactic sugar. They also check whether you can write a correct decorator on the spot, one that passes arguments through and returns the result.

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