import django.core.cache def cache_with_key(keyfunc): """Decorator which applies Django caching to a function. Decorator argument is a function which computes a cache key from the original function's arguments. You are responsible for avoiding collisions with other uses of this decorator or other uses of caching.""" def decorator(func): djcache = django.core.cache.cache def func_with_caching(*args, **kwargs): key = keyfunc(*args, **kwargs) val = djcache.get(key) # Values are singleton tuples so that we can distinguish # a result of None from a missing key. if val is not None: return val[0] val = func(*args, **kwargs) djcache.set(key, (val,)) return val return func_with_caching return decorator def cache(func): """Decorator which applies Django caching to a function. Uses a key based on the function's name, filename, and the repr() of its arguments.""" func_uniqifier = '%s-%s' % (func.func_code.co_filename, func.func_name) def keyfunc(*args, **kwargs): # Django complains about spaces because memcached rejects them key = func_uniqifier + repr((args, kwargs)) return key.replace('-','--').replace(' ','-s') return cache_with_key(keyfunc)(func)