How does the @property decorator work?

_x000D_ _x000D_ I would like to understand how the built-in function property works. What confuses me is that property can also be used as a decorator, but it only takes arguments when used as a built-in function and not when used as a decorator. This example is from the documentation: class C(object): def __init__(self): self._x = None def getx(self): return self._x def setx(self, value): self._x = value def delx(self): del self._x x = property(getx, setx, delx, "I'm the 'x' property.") property's arguments are getx, setx, delx and a doc string. In the code below property is used as decorator. The object of it is the x function, but in the code above there is no place for an object function in the arguments. class C(object): def __init__(self): self._x = None @property def x(self): """I'm the 'x' property.""" return self._x @x.setter def x(self, value): self._x = value @x.deleter def x(self): del self._x And, how are the x.setter and x.deleter decorators created? I am confused.