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| author | Hadházy Tamás <85063808+Hels15@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-08-20 10:33:15 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-08-20 10:33:15 (GMT) |
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gh-107619: Extend functools LRU cache docs with generators and async functions (#107934)
Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Kumar Aditya <kumaraditya@python.org>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst index 40f43f8..f736eb0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functools.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst @@ -226,8 +226,9 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions: In general, the LRU cache should only be used when you want to reuse previously computed values. Accordingly, it doesn't make sense to cache - functions with side-effects, functions that need to create distinct mutable - objects on each call, or impure functions such as time() or random(). + functions with side-effects, functions that need to create + distinct mutable objects on each call (such as generators and async functions), + or impure functions such as time() or random(). Example of an LRU cache for static web content:: |