[Python-ideas] caching properties

[Ben Finney]

George Sakkis <george.sakkis at gmail.com>
writes:

> I think It's clear by now that caching in the general case is not
> trivial, both in terms of API and implementation. That makes the
> original request - caching properties only - more appealing since most
> problems go away if there are no parameters.

Nevertheless, the “memoize” pattern *is* well-understood, and already
implemented for Python as discussed earlier. It covers the “cached
property” as a degenerate (i.e. simpler) case. Making a specific
decorator that *only* addresses “cached property” is too narrow, IMO.

I think a “memoize” decorator (by whatever name) is the right level of
generality to address this use case, and has the advantage of existing
implementations.

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Ben Finney