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| author | Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-09-18 21:36:20 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-09-18 21:36:20 (GMT) |
| commit | bbc24b2bd569108b957ed24c5a95ffeaf8cde0db (patch) | |
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GH-96851: Add link to FAQ entry for caching method calls. (GH-96902)
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diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst index 6514c00..a3fb2fa 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst @@ -1897,6 +1897,8 @@ The classes can be used like this: 'blog-why-python-rocks' +.. _faq-cache-method-calls: + How do I cache method calls? ---------------------------- diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst index 47cbe59..943a05c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functools.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst @@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions: The cache keeps references to the arguments and return values until they age out of the cache or until the cache is cleared. + If a method is cached, the `self` instance argument is included in the + cache. See :ref:`faq-cache-method-calls` + An `LRU (least recently used) cache <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_replacement_policies#Least_recently_used_(LRU)>`_ works best when the most recent calls are the best predictors of upcoming |