Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> added the comment:
I concur with Victor. The proposed API change defeats the purpose of the cache. By design, the intent of the cache is to reuse the previously computed value. I can add something like this to the docs: """In general, the LRU cache should only be used when you want to reuse previously computed values. Accordingly, it doesn't make sense to cache functions with side-effects, functions that need to create distinct mutable objects on each call, or impure functions such as time() or random().""" ---------- assignee: -> rhettinger components: +Documentation -Library (Lib) type: behavior -> versions: -Python 3.4, Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35300> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
