Terry Reedy wrote:
In<xns9d4ec021dc8eaduncanbo...@127.0.0.1> Duncan Booth<duncan.bo...@invalid.invalid> writes:class Spam(object): mongo = None def __call__(self, x, y, z): if self.mongo is None: self.mongo = heavy_lifting_at_runtime() return frobnicate(x, y, z, self.mongo)Unless one wants the intialization of mongo delayed in case spam is never called, it can go in __init__ instead.
As a matter of fact, I have an object that is usually not called during it's modules use, so I put in __getattr__. Sped the modules load time back up to pert near instantaneous. :)
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