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Functional Python Programming - Second Edition
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Functional Python Programming - Second Edition

by Steven F. Lott
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
408 pages
10h 42m
English
Packt Publishing
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The Functools Module

Functional programming emphasizes functions as first-class objects. We've seen several higher-order functions that accept functions as arguments or return functions as results. In this chapter, we'll look at the functools library with some tools to help us implement some common functional design patterns.

We'll look at some higher-order functions. This extends the material from Chapter 5, Higher-Order Functions. We'll continue looking at higher-order function techniques in Chapter 11, Decorator Design Techniques, as well.

We'll look at the following functions in this module:

  • @lru_cache: This decorator can be a huge performance boost for certain types of applications.
  • @total_ordering: This decorator can help create rich ...
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