Hi Adam,

(reordering quoted parts a little)

On Tuesday 19 November 2013 18:33:01 Adam Smith wrote:
> Hi, I'm quite new to Python and Django

Welcome aboard!

> Like I said, I'm quite new to Python and this community, I'm not sure
> whether this is the right place to ask this kind of question.
> 

This list is intended for discussing the development of Django, so questions 
about its implementation are exactly on topic.

> as I read through the django/utils/functional.py, I was wondering why not
> use `classmethod` as a class method decorator consistently, as line
> 334? Any specific reasons?
> 

I assume you're referring to the places like line 122 (which you linked to) 
and line 140, where instead of

        @classmethod
        def x(cls,...):
                ...

you see

        def x(cls,...):
                ...
        x = classmethod(x)

The reason for this is historic: Decorators were only introduced into Python 
at version 2.4, and Django<1.2 still supported Python 2.3. Some code hasn't 
changed since then. Now that you pointed it out, these specific lines are 
likely to change soon :)

Thanks,
        Shai.

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