How does this python decorator work?

Question

Edit/Clarification to make my question specific to my query: *I can see how the decorator static log function is called but I don\'t see how _ is

Answer 1

def decorate(fn):
    def wrapper():
        fn()
    print 'Wrapping function ', wrapper
    return wrapper

def x():
    pass

print 'Original x ', x

x = decorate(x)

print 'New x ', x

Output:

Original x 
Wrapping function 
New x  

Note how x is now the same as wrapper. When you call x, you are actually calling wrapper.

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