How to inject variable into scope with a decorator?

Question

[Disclaimer: there may be more pythonic ways of doing what I want to do, but I want to know how python\'s scoping works here]

I\'m trying to find a way to make a dec

Answer 1

Here is a simple demonstration of using a decorator to add a variable into the scope of a function.

>>> def add_name(name):
...     def inner(func):
...         # Same as defining name within wrapped
...         # function.
...         func.func_globals['name'] = name
...
...         # Simply returns wrapped function reference.
...         return func
... 
...     return inner
...
>>> @add_name("Bobby")
... def say_hello():
...     print "Hello %s!" % name
...
>>> print say_hello()
Hello Bobby!
>>>