lib/django-0.96/django/utils/functional.py

def curry(_curried_func, *args, **kwargs):
    def _curried(*moreargs, **morekwargs):
        return _curried_func(*(args+moreargs), **dict(kwargs, **morekwargs))
    return _curried

class Promise:
    """
    This is just a base class for the proxy class created in
    the closure of the lazy function. It can be used to recognize
    promises in code.
    """
    pass

def lazy(func, *resultclasses):
    """
    Turns any callable into a lazy evaluated callable. You need to give result
    classes or types -- at least one is needed so that the automatic forcing of
    the lazy evaluation code is triggered. Results are not memoized; the
    function is evaluated on every access.
    """
    class __proxy__(Promise):
        # This inner class encapsulates the code that should be evaluated
        # lazily. On calling of one of the magic methods it will force
        # the evaluation and store the result. Afterwards, the result
        # is delivered directly. So the result is memoized.
        def __init__(self, args, kw):
            self.__func = func
            self.__args = args
            self.__kw = kw
            self.__dispatch = {}
            for resultclass in resultclasses:
                self.__dispatch[resultclass] = {}
                for (k, v) in resultclass.__dict__.items():
                    setattr(self, k, self.__promise__(resultclass, k, v))

        def __promise__(self, klass, funcname, func):
            # Builds a wrapper around some magic method and registers that magic
            # method for the given type and method name.
            def __wrapper__(*args, **kw):
                # Automatically triggers the evaluation of a lazy value and
                # applies the given magic method of the result type.
                res = self.__func(*self.__args, **self.__kw)
                return self.__dispatch[type(res)][funcname](res, *args, **kw)

            if not self.__dispatch.has_key(klass):
                self.__dispatch[klass] = {}
            self.__dispatch[klass][funcname] = func
            return __wrapper__

    def __wrapper__(*args, **kw):
        # Creates the proxy object, instead of the actual value.
        return __proxy__(args, kw)

    return __wrapper__