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@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
:attr:`__wrapped__` attribute. This is useful for introspection, for
bypassing the cache, or for rewrapping the function with a different cache.
A `LRU (least recently used) cache
An `LRU (least recently used) cache
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_algorithms#Least_Recently_Used>`_ works
best when more recent calls are the best predictors of upcoming calls (for
example, the most popular articles on a news server tend to change daily).
The cache's size limit assures that the cache does not grow without bound on
long-running processes such as web servers.
Example -- Caching static web content::
Example of an LRU cache for static web content::
@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=20)
@lru_cache(maxsize=20)
def get_pep(num):
'Retrieve text of a Python Enhancement Proposal'
resource = 'http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-%04d/' % num