[Python-ideas] caching properties

[Antoine Pitrou]

spir <denis.spir at ...> writes:
> 
> now I wonder whether it's really worth it. Because usually it's a very simple
> thing to implement -- often two obvious lines of code -- and easy to
understand, even for someone who does
> not know the principle yet.

Well, for one, a generic implementation may have to be thread-safe.
Also, while it's easy to implement, it's the kind of useful primitive - like
enumerate() and others - which is nice to have builtin in the language or the
standard library.

Regards

Antoine.