flywrench

An ultralight drop-in module implementing the flyweight design pattern

Getting started

• Step 1: install flywrench

pip install flywrench

• Step 2: import flywrench

from flywrench import Flywrench

• Step 3: subclass from flywrench

# instead of this
class SomeClass(object):
    def __init__(self, args):
        # more magic

# do this
class SomeClass(Flywrench):
    def __init__(self, args):
        # more magic

• Step 4: there is no Step 4

ENJOY!

Advanced

tricks and tips

To Do

• Move
• Perhaps garbage collection. Keep track of how many links there are to a given object in cache, and when the number of links hits zero, delete it