return self._total_requests To understand what a decorator does, we first have to take a step back and look at some of the things we can do with functions in Python.

If a return statement is followed by an expression list, that expression list is evaluated and the value is returned: ```python >>> def greater_than_1 (n): ... return n > 1 ...

All functions return a value when called. If a return statement is followed by an expression list, that expression list is evaluated and the value is returned: If a return statement is reached during ...