On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Yanom Mobis <yanom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was reading some Python code examples, and i found the @ symbol. What > exactly does this operator do? This syntax was introduced in Python 2.4 ? IIRC They are called "Decorators". That is, function decorators. As Noah has said, you use them to wrap up a function within another function. cheers James