Re^3: RFC: Simulating Python's @decorators in Perl with Attributes

[pokki]

All those other uses for attributes are useful and interesting, but I thought we were talking about method decoration?

Decorators as code rather than syntax also allow you to decorate someone else's methods, or to compose some advice into some class through roles, even at runtime. This is not possible with attributes.

[LanX]

Could it be that you are confusing the meaning of "decorator"?

The term "decorator" in the Python universe has not much to do with the "decorator pattern".

see also SO:Whats the difference between Python decorators and Decorator Pattern?

The initial motivation to look again into Perl attributes was a discussion about Python decorators.

While Perl attributes are more powerful, they are also more difficult to handle.