Python: Using decorators with functools.wraps for automated logging and other goodies December 10, 2008

from functools import wraps

def magiclogging(func):
    @wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        print ‘Starting ‘ + func.func_name
        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
        print ‘Finishing ‘ + func.func_name
        return result
    return wrapper

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