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Re: What is '@' for

From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: What is '@' for
Date 2015-11-14 10:14 +1100
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On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 10:04 AM, fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> wrote:
> I read the following code snippet. A question is here about '@'.
> I don't find the answer online yet.
>
> What function is it here?
>
>
> @pymc.deterministic
> def theta(a=alpha, b=beta):
>     """theta = logit^{-1}(a+b)"""
>     return pymc.invlogit(a+b*x)

That's called a "function decorator". And now that you know the name,
you'll be able to find what it is online; as well as the Python docs,
there are a number of blog posts and other articles about it.

ChrisA

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What is '@' for fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 15:04 -0800
  Re: What is '@' for Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 10:14 +1100
    Re: What is '@' for Tim Daneliuk <tundraBOGUS@tundraware.com> - 2015-11-13 17:43 -0600
  Re: What is '@' for Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-11-13 18:43 -0500
  Re: What is '@' for Dave Farrance <df@see.replyto.invalid> - 2015-11-14 09:14 +0000

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