from functools import wraps def mydecorator(f): @wraps(f) def wrapped(*args, **kwargs): print("Before decorated function") r = f(*args, **kwargs) print("After decorated function") return r return wrapped @mydecorator def myfunc(myarg): """prints some text combined with a string from argument""" print("my function", myarg) return "return value" r = myfunc('for the Talk') print("My func name is:", myfunc.__name__) print("My func docstring is:", myfunc.__doc__) print(r)