Python class member lazy initialization

Question

I would like to know what is the python way of initializing a class member but only when accessing it, if accessed. I tried the code below and it is working but is there somethi

Answer 1

Ring gives lru_cache-like interface but working with any kind of descriptor supports: https://ring-cache.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.html#method-classmethod-staticmethod

class Page(object):
    (...)

    @ring.lru()
    @classmethod
    def class_content(cls):
        return cls.base_content

    @ring.lru()
    @staticmethod
    def example_dot_com():
        return requests.get('http://example.com').content

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