That is exactly what I wanted.

Thanks!!!

-Adrian.

On Sep 3, 7:31 pm, "Mike Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
>
> I wrote some code to do this a few releases ago.  It's the
> cached_method decorator in Sage.  Here's your example:
>
> sage: class dog():
> ....:     def __init__(self, bark='guau'):
> ....:         self._bark = bark
> ....:     @cached_method
> ....:     def bark(self):
> ....:         sleep(5)
> ....:         return (self._bark + " ")*3
> ....:
> sage: sparky = dog()
> sage: sparky.bark()  #5 seconds
> 'guau guau guau '
> sage: sparky.bark()  #instant
> 'guau guau guau '
>
> If you're curious, you can find the code in sage/misc/cachefunc.py
>
> --Mike
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