atools

atools

Python 3.6+ decorators including

• @memoize - a function decorator for sync and async functions that memoizes results.
• @rate - a function decorator for sync and async functions that rate limits calls.

@memoize

Decorates a function call and caches return value for given inputs.

• If db_path is provided, memos will persist on disk and reloaded during initialization.
• If duration is provided, memos will only be valid for given duration.
• If keygen is provided, memo hash keys will be created with given keygen.
• If pickler is provided, persistent memos will (de)serialize using given pickler.
• If size is provided, LRU memo will be evicted if current count exceeds given size.

Examples

• Body will run once for unique input bar and result is cached.

  @memoize
  def foo(bar) -> Any: ...
  
  foo(1)  # Function actually called. Result cached.
  foo(1)  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  foo(2)  # Function actually called. Result cached.
  

• Same as above, but async.

  @memoize
  async def foo(bar) -> Any: ...
  
  # Concurrent calls from the same event loop are safe. Only one call is generated. The
  # other nine calls in this example wait for the result.
  await asyncio.gather(*[foo(1) for _ in range(10)])
  

• Classes may be memoized.

  @memoize
  Class Foo:
      def init(self, _): ...
  
  Foo(1)  # Instance is actually created.
  Foo(1)  # Instance not created. Cached instance returned.
  Foo(2)  # Instance is actually created.
  

• Calls foo(1), foo(bar=1), and foo(1, baz='baz') are equivalent and only cached once.

  @memoize
  def foo(bar, baz='baz'): ...
  

• Only 2 items are cached. Acts as an LRU.

  @memoize(size=2)
  def foo(bar) -> Any: ...
  
  foo(1)  # LRU cache order [foo(1)]
  foo(2)  # LRU cache order [foo(1), foo(2)]
  foo(1)  # LRU cache order [foo(2), foo(1)]
  foo(3)  # LRU cache order [foo(1), foo(3)], foo(2) is evicted to keep cache size at 2
  

• Items are evicted after 1 minute.

  @memoize(duration=datetime.timedelta(minutes=1))
  def foo(bar) -> Any: ...
  
  foo(1)  # Function actually called. Result cached.
  foo(1)  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  sleep(61)
  foo(1)  # Function actually called. Cached result was too old.
  

• Memoize can be explicitly reset through the function's .memoize attribute

  @memoize
  def foo(bar) -> Any: ...
  
  foo(1)  # Function actually called. Result cached.
  foo(1)  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  foo.memoize.reset()
  foo(1)  # Function actually called. Cache was emptied.
  

• Current cache length can be accessed through the function's .memoize attribute

  @memoize
  def foo(bar) -> Any: ...
  
  foo(1)
  foo(2)
  len(foo.memoize)  # returns 2
  

• Alternate memo hash function can be specified. The inputs must match the function's.

  Class Foo:
      @memoize(keygen=lambda self, a, b, c: (a, b, c))  # Omit 'self' from hash key.
      def bar(self, a, b, c) -> Any: ...
  
  a, b = Foo(), Foo()
  
  # Hash key will be (a, b, c)
  a.bar(1, 2, 3)  # LRU cache order [Foo.bar(a, 1, 2, 3)]
  
  # Hash key will again be (a, b, c)
  # Be aware, in this example the returned result comes from a.bar(...), not b.bar(...).
  b.bar(1, 2, 3)  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  

• If part of the returned key from keygen is awaitable, it will be awaited.

  async def awaitable_key_part() -> Hashable: ...
  
  @memoize(keygen=lambda bar: (bar, awaitable_key_part()))
  async def foo(bar) -> Any: ...
  

• If the memoized function is async and any part of the key is awaitable, it is awaited.

  async def morph_a(a: int) -> int: ...
  
  @memoize(keygen=lambda a, b, c: (morph_a(a), b, c))
  def foo(a, b, c) -> Any: ...
  

• Properties can be memoized.

  Class Foo:
      @property
      @memoize
      def bar(self) -> Any: ...
  
  a = Foo()
  a.bar  # Function actually called. Result cached.
  a.bar  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  
  b = Foo() # Memoize uses 'self' parameter in hash. 'b' does not share returns with 'a'
  b.bar  # Function actually called. Result cached.
  b.bar  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  

• Be careful with eviction on instance methods. Memoize is not instance-specific.

  Class Foo:
      @memoize(size=1)
      def bar(self, baz) -> Any: ...
  
  a, b = Foo(), Foo()
  a.bar(1)  # LRU cache order [Foo.bar(a, 1)]
  b.bar(1)  # LRU cache order [Foo.bar(b, 1)], Foo.bar(a, 1) is evicted
  a.bar(1)  # Foo.bar(a, 1) is actually called and cached again.
  

• Values can persist to disk and be reloaded when memoize is initialized again.

  @memoize(db_path=Path.home() / '.memoize')
  def foo(a) -> Any: ...
  
  foo(1)  # Function actually called. Result cached.
  
  # Process is restarted. Upon restart, the state of the memoize decorator is reloaded.
  
  foo(1)  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  

• If not applied to a function, calling the decorator returns a partial application.

  memoize_db = memoize(db_path=Path.home() / '.memoize')
  
  @memoize_db(size=1)
  def foo(a) -> Any: ...
  
  @memoize_db(duration=datetime.timedelta(hours=1))
  def bar(b) -> Any: ...
  

• Comparison equality does not affect memoize. Only hash equality matters.

  # Inherits object.__hash__
  class Foo:
      # Don't be fooled. memoize only cares about the hash.
      def __eq__(self, other: Foo) -> bool:
          return True
  
  @memoize
  def bar(foo: Foo) -> Any: ...
  
  foo0, foo1 = Foo(), Foo()
  assert foo0 == foo1
  bar(foo0)  # Function called. Result cached.
  bar(foo1)  # Function called again, despite equality, due to different hash.
  

A warning about arguments that inherit object.__hash__:

It doesn't make sense to keep a memo if it's impossible to generate the same input again. Inputs that inherit the default object.__hash__ are unique based on their id, and thus, their location in memory. If such inputs are garbage-collected, they are gone forever. For that reason, when those inputs are garbage collected, memoize will drop memos created using those inputs.

• Memo lifetime is bound to the lifetime of any arguments that inherit object.__hash__.

  # Inherits object.__hash__
  class Foo:
      ...
  
  @memoize
  def bar(foo: Foo) -> Any: ...
  
  bar(Foo())  # Memo is immediately deleted since Foo() is garbage collected.
  
  foo = Foo()
  bar(foo)  # Memo isn't deleted until foo is deleted.
  del foo  # Memo is deleted at the same time as foo.
  

• Types that have specific, consistent hash functions (int, str, etc.) won't cause problems.

  @memoize
  def foo(a: int, b: str, c: Tuple[int, ...], d: range) -> Any: ...
  
  foo(1, 'bar', (1, 2, 3), range(42))  # Function called. Result cached.
  foo(1, 'bar', (1, 2, 3), range(42))  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  

• Classmethods rely on classes, which inherit from object.__hash__. However, classes are almost never garbage collected until a process exits so memoize will work as expected.

  class Foo:
    @classmethod
    @memoize
    def bar(cls) -> Any: ...
  
  foo = Foo()
  foo.bar()  # Function called. Result cached.
  foo.bar()  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  
  del foo  # Memo not cleared since lifetime is bound to class Foo.
  
  foo = Foo()
  foo.bar()  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  foo.bar()  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  

• Long-lasting object instances that inherit from object.__hash__.

  class Foo:
  
      @memoize
      def bar(self) -> Any: ...
  
  foo = Foo()
  foo.bar()  # Function called. Result cached.
  
  # foo instance is kept around somewhere and used later.
  foo.bar()  # Function not called. Cached result returned.
  

• Custom pickler may be specified for persistent memo (de)serialization.

  import dill
  
  @memoize(db_path='~/.memoize`, pickler=dill)
  def foo() -> Callable[[], None]:
      return lambda: None
  

rate

Function decorator that rate limits the number of calls to function.

• size must be provided. It specifies the maximum number of calls that may be made concurrently and optionally within a given duration time window.
• If duration is provided it limits the maximum call count to size in any given duration time window.

Examples

• Only 2 concurrent calls allowed.

  @rate(size=2)
  def foo(): ...
  

• Only 2 calls allowed per minute.

  @rate(size=2, duration=60)
  def foo(): ...
  

• Same as above, but duration specified with a timedelta.

  @rate(size=2, duration=datetime.timedelta(minutes=1))
  def foo(): ...
  

• Same as above, but async.

  @rate(size=2, duration=datetime.timedelta(minutes=1))
  async def foo(): ...
  

• More advanced rate limiting is possible by composing multiple rate decorators.

  # Up to 100 calls per minute, but only 10 concurrent.
  @rate(size=100, duration=60)
  @rate(size=10)
  def foo(): ...