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		dragonwriter on July 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twelve Go Best Practices Decorators are a special Python syntax for this use, the more general term for what is going on is "higher-order functions". Which are pretty important, and not specific to python.

marssaxman on July 31, 2013 [–]

yes, of course, but the discussion I replied to was talking about this specific idiom, this application of higher order functions, and not about the use of higher order functions generally.

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