This is a basic question I'm sure but I do not know wether to use __builtin__, global, or a static method:
I have a very large XML file that I load into dictionnaries defined in a class located in a module that is imported in many places. Since the loading process is very slow, I would like the file not to be loaded on import or class instantiation, but only once (on first import or class instantiation). Currently I have the loading code in the class __init__. Is there a clean way to do this (I'd like to avoid global)? Regards, Philippe -- ********************* Philippe C. Martin SnakeCard LLC www.snakecard.com ********************* -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
