Thank you Kyle and everyone else who chimed in here. I’ve made a post to the 
python-dev mailing list - it has yet to appear, but perhaps it’s in a 
moderation queue. I’ll ensure it’s posted tomorrow.

Tom

> On 27 Apr 2020, at 21:56, Kyle Stanley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Christopher Barker wrote:
>> Is there a  core developer with a particular interest in functools to be 
>> consulted?
> 
> Yep, Raymond Hettinger is the designated expert for the functools
> module. See https://devguide.python.org/experts/#stdlib. I'm not sure
> as to whether he regularly checks python-ideas, but I suspect he would
> definitely notice a python-dev thread. Other core developers with some
> experience in this domain would also likely chime in.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 4:46 PM Christopher Barker <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 12:26 PM Antoine Pitrou <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My own opinion is that it's limited enough in scope (and probably
>>> uncontroversial implementation-wise) that it doesn't need a PEP.  Of
>>> course other core developers may disagree, so perhaps wait a few days
>>> before submitting a PR :-)
>> 
>> 
>> Is there a  core developer with a particular interest in functools to be 
>> consulted?
>> 
>> -CHB
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Antoine.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:16:53 +0100
>>> Tom Forbes <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I would think that would be a great name, it’s more explicit and fits more 
>>>> in with its siblings “lru_cache” and “cached_property”.
>>>> 
>>>> Not to imply that there is a consensus to move forward, I would be 
>>>> interested in knowing what the next steps would be if there was. Would 
>>>> this require a PEP to be submitted? Or is it similar enough to existing 
>>>> functionality that it might not require one?
>>>> 
>>>>> On 27 Apr 2020, at 19:37, Antoine Pitrou 
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:26:53 -0700
>>>>> Ethan Furman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Or are you saying that once could be interpreted to mean I cannot do 
>>>>>>> that 2nd def?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> That is what I was saying -- that `once`, all by itself, could mean 
>>>>>> multiple things.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That's a good point.  A more explicit spelling would be `@call_once`,
>>>>> what do you think?
>>>>> 
>>>>> (that's also the C++ spelling, incidentally, but I suspect most
>>>>> beginners won't care about that ;-))
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> 
>>>>> Antoine.
>>>>> 
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