class LazyProperty(object): """ Decorator for easier creation of ``property`` from potentially expensive to calculate attribute of the class. Usage:: class Foo(object): @LazyProperty def bar(self): print 'Calculating self._bar' return 42 Taken from http://blog.pythonisito.com/2008/08/lazy-descriptors.html and used widely. """ def __init__(self, func): self._func = func self.__module__ = func.__module__ self.__name__ = func.__name__ self.__doc__ = func.__doc__ def __get__(self, obj, klass=None): if obj is None: return self result = obj.__dict__[self.__name__] = self._func(obj) return result import threading class ThreadLocalLazyProperty(LazyProperty): """ Same as above but uses thread local dict for cache storage. """ def __get__(self, obj, klass=None): if obj is None: return self if not hasattr(obj, '__tl_dict__'): obj.__tl_dict__ = threading.local().__dict__ result = obj.__tl_dict__[self.__name__] = self._func(obj) return result