memoiz 1.0.1

Memoiz is a memoization decorator that makes reasonable assumptions about how and if to cache the return value of a function or method based on the arguments passed to it. The decorator can be used on both free and bound functions.

Memoiz

A thread-safe memoization decorator for functions and methods.

Introduction

Memoiz is a memoization decorator that makes reasonable assumptions about how and if to cache the return value of a function or method based on the arguments passed to it. The decorator can be used on both free and bound functions.

Features

• Thread-safe memoization
• Memoization for free and bound functions
• Configurable immutables
• Support for parameter and return type hints
• Cache invalidation

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • Memoization and Cache Invalidation for Bound Functions
  • Memoization and Cache Invalidation for Free Functions
• API

Installation

pip install memoiz

Usage

Memoization and Cache Invalidation for Bound Functions

In this example you will use Memoiz to memoize the return value of the greeter.greet method and print the greeting.

from memoiz.cache import Cache

cache = Cache()


class Greeter:

    def __init__(self):
        self.adv = "Very"

    @cache
    def greet(self, adj: str) -> str:
        return f"Hello, {self.adv} {adj} World!"


greeter = Greeter()

print("1:", cache._cache)

greeting = greeter.greet("Happy")

print("2:", greeting)

1: {}
2: Hello, Very Happy World!

As a continuation of the example, you will selectively invalidate cached articles using the cache.invalidate method.

greeter = Greeter()

print("1:", cache._cache)

greeting = greeter.greet("Happy")

print("2:", greeting)

greeting = greeter.greet("Cautious")

print("3:", greeting)

# The cache has memoized the call using the `Happy` argument and the call using the `Cautious` argument.
print("4:", cache._cache)

# Invalidate the call to `greeter.greet` with the `Happy` argument. Provide a reference to the method, the object, and the argument.
cache.invalidate(greeter.greet, greeter, "Happy")

print("5:", cache._cache)

# Invalidate the call to `greeter.greet` with the `Cautious` argument.
cache.invalidate(greeter.greet, greeter, "Cautious")

# The cache is empty.
print("6:", cache._cache)

1: {}
2: Hello, Very Happy World!
3: Hello, Very Cautious World!
4: {<bound method Greeter.greet of <__main__.Greeter object at 0x7fa5e7f837f0>>: {((<__main__.Greeter object at 0x7fa5e7f837f0>, 'Happy'), ()): 'Hello, Very Happy World!', ((<__main__.Greeter object at 0x7fa5e7f837f0>, 'Cautious'), ()): 'Hello, Very Cautious World!'}}
5: {<bound method Greeter.greet of <__main__.Greeter object at 0x7fa5e7f837f0>>: {((<__main__.Greeter object at 0x7fa5e7f837f0>, 'Cautious'), ()): 'Hello, Very Cautious World!'}}
6: {}

Memoization and Cache Invalidation for Free Functions

In this example you will use Memoiz to memoize the return value of the greet function and print the greeting.

from memoiz.cache import Cache

cache = Cache()


@cache
def greet(adj: str) -> str:
    return f"Hello, {adj} World!"


print("1:", cache._cache)

greeting = greet("Happy")

print("2:", greeting)

1: {}
2: Hello, Happy World!

As a continuation of the example, you will selectively invalidate cached articles using the cache.invalidate method.

print("1:", cache._cache)

greeting = greet("Happy")

print("2:", greeting)

greeting = greet("Cautious")

print("3:", greeting)

print("4:", cache._cache)

cache.invalidate(greet, "Happy")

print("5:", cache._cache)

cache.invalidate(greet, "Cautious")

print("6:", cache._cache)

1: {}
2: Hello, Happy World!
3: Hello, Cautious World!
4: {<function greet at 0x7fa5cefb8430>: {(('Happy',), ()): 'Hello, Happy World!', (('Cautious',), ()): 'Hello, Cautious World!'}}
5: {<function greet at 0x7fa5cefb8430>: {(('Cautious',), ()): 'Hello, Cautious World!'}}
6: {}

API

The Cache Class

memoiz.Cache(immutables, allow_hash, deep_copy)

• immutables Tuple[type, ...] An optional list of objects that are assumed to be immutable. Default: (int, float, complex, bool, str, type(None))
• allow_hash bool An optional flag that indicates if an object's hash is sufficient for indexing the callable's arguments. Default: True
• deep_copy bool Optionally return the cached return value using Python's copy.deepcopy. This can help prevent mutations of the cached return value. Default: True.

cache.__call__(callable)

• callable typing.Callable The function or method to be memoized.

The Cache instance is a callable. This is the @cache decorator that is used in order to memoize a function or method. Please see the above usage for how to use this decorator.

cache.invalidate(callable, *args, **kwargs)

• callable typing.Callable The memoized callable.
• args Any The arguments passed to the callable.
• kwargs Any The keyword arguments passed to the callable.

Invalidates the cache for the specified callable and arguments. See the usage for for how to invalidate the cache.

NB The first argument of a method (i.e., a bound function) is the object instance e.g., the self.

cache.invalidate_all()

Resets the cache making the old cache eligible for garbage collection.