class _Missing(object): def __repr__(self): return 'no value' def __reduce__(self): return '_missing' _missing = _Missing() 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 value = obj.__dict__.get(self.__name__, _missing) if value is _missing: value = self._func(obj) obj.__dict__[self.__name__] = value return value 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__ value = obj.__tl_dict__.get(self.__name__, _missing) if value is _missing: value = self._func(obj) obj.__tl_dict__[self.__name__] = value return value