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Subject: Re: Lazy Attribute
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On 15.11.2012, at 20:33, Andriy Kornatskyy wrote:

> A lazy attribute is an attribute that is calculated on demand and only =
once.
>=20
> The post below shows how you can use lazy attribute in your Python =
class:
>=20
> http://mindref.blogspot.com/2012/11/python-lazy-attribute.html
>=20
> Comments or suggestions are welcome.

There is a ready made and well tested lazy decorator at =
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lazy. I even has a better name. ;-)

Since people seem to come up with their own implementations on a =
bi-weekly basis, I am seriously wondering how to improve its visibility. =
Putting it on PyPI alone does not cut it, apparently.

Stefan

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Stefan H. Holek
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