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Cached model property decorator (like @property)

This is a nice decorator for using the cache to save the results of expensive-to-calculate but static-per-instance model properties. There is also a decorator for when the property value is another model, and the contents of the other model should not be cached across requests. 3 levels of caching implemented: * outermost: django cache * middle: obj._cache (for multiple properties on a single object) * innermost: replace the attribute on this object, so we can entirely avoid running this function a second time.

  • property
  • cache
  • decorator
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decorator for decorators with optional args

Have you ever wanted a decorator that you could apply either straight-out: @mydec def myfun(...): ... or with special arguments: @mydec(special=foo) def myfun(...): ... ? Well, decorate it with this metadecorator, and voila. (I had this idea independently, but it's been done before as decorator_withargs: http://osdir.com/ml/python.ideas/2008-01/msg00048.html. My version is actually useful because it deals with signatures and calling directly.) As http://www.siafoo.net/article/68 points out, the standard decorator module has too much magic: the "@decorator" decorator expects a wrapping function, not a working decorator. This module fixes that.

  • decorator
  • decoratordecorator
  • metadecorator
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