Python LRU Cache Decorator Per Instance

Question

Using the LRU Cache decorator found here: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578078-py26-and-py30-backport-of-python-33s-lru-cache/

from lru_cache import lr         


        

Answer 1

Assuming you don't want to modify the code (e.g., because you want to be able to just port to 3.3 and use the stdlib functools.lru_cache, or use functools32 out of PyPI instead of copying and pasting a recipe into your code), there's one obvious solution: Create a new decorated instance method with each instance.

class Test:
    def cached_method(self, x):
         return x + 5
    def __init__(self):
         self.cached_method = lru_cache(maxsize=16)(self.cached_method)