# `functools` — Funções e operações de ordem superior em objetos chamáveis

Código-fonte: Lib/functools.py

O módulo `functools` é para funções de ordem superior: funções que atuam ou retornam outras funções. Em geral, qualquer objeto chamável pode ser tratado como uma função para os propósitos deste módulo.

O módulo `functools` define as seguintes funções:

@functools.cache(user_function)

  Cache simples e leve de funções sem vínculo. Às vezes chamado de “memoizar”.

  Retorna o mesmo que `lru_cache(maxsize=None)`, criando um invólucro fino em torno de uma pesquisa de dicionário para os argumentos da função. Como nunca precisa remover valores antigos, isso é menor e mais rápido do que `lru_cache()` com um limite de tamanho.

  Por exemplo:

      @cache
      def factorial(n):
          return n * factorial(n-1) if n else 1

      >>> factorial(10)      # no previously cached result, makes 11 recursive calls
      3628800
      >>> factorial(5)       # just looks up cached value result
      120
      >>> factorial(12)      # makes two new recursive calls, the other 10 are cached
      479001600

  The cache is threadsafe so that the wrapped function can be used in multiple threads. This means that the underlying data structure will remain coherent during concurrent updates.

  It is possible for the wrapped function to be called more than once if another thread makes an additional call before the initial call has been completed and cached.

  Novo na versão 3.9.

@functools.cached_property(func)

  Transforma um método de uma classe em uma propriedade cujo valor é calculado uma vez e, em seguida, armazenado em cache como um atributo normal para a vida útil da instância. Semelhante a `property()`, com a adição de armazenamento em cache. Útil para propriedades computadas caras de instâncias que são efetivamente imutáveis.

  Exemplo:

      class DataSet:

          def __init__(self, sequence_of_numbers):
              self._data = tuple(sequence_of_numbers)

          @cached_property
          def stdev(self):
              return statistics.stdev(self._data)

  The mechanics of `cached_property()` are somewhat different from `property()`. A regular property blocks attribute writes unless a setter is defined. In contrast, a cached_property allows writes.

  The cached_property decorator only runs on lookups and only when an attribute of the same name doesn’t exist. When it does run, the cached_property writes to the attribute with the same name. Subsequent attribute reads and writes take precedence over the cached_property method and it works like a normal attribute.

  The cached value can be cleared by deleting the attribute. This allows the cached_property method to run again.

  Note, this decorator interferes with the operation of PEP 412 key-sharing dictionaries. This means that instance dictionaries can take more space than usual.

  Also, this decorator requires that the `__dict__` attribute on each instance be a mutable mapping. This means it will not work with some types, such as metaclasses (since the `__dict__` attributes on type instances are read-only proxies for the class namespace), and those that specify `__slots__` without including `__dict__` as one of the defined slots (as such classes don’t provide a `__dict__` attribute at all).

  If a mutable mapping is not available or if space-efficient key sharing is desired, an effect similar to `cached_property()` can also be achieved by stacking `property()` on top of `lru_cache()`. See How do I cache method calls? for more details on how this differs from `cached_property()`.

  Novo na versão 3.8.

functools.cmp_to_key(func)

  Transforma uma função de comparação de estilo antigo para um função chave. Usado com ferramentas que aceitam funções chave (como `sorted()`, `min()`, `max()`, `heapq.nlargest()`, `heapq.nsmallest()`, `itertools.groupby()`). Esta função é usada principalmente como uma ferramenta de transição para programas que estão sendo convertidos a partir do Python 2, que suportou o uso de funções de comparação.

  A comparison function is any callable that accepts two arguments, compares them, and returns a negative number for less-than, zero for equality, or a positive number for greater-than. A key function is a callable that accepts one argument and returns another value to be used as the sort key.

  Exemplo:

      sorted(iterable, key=cmp_to_key(locale.strcoll))  # locale-aware sort order

  Para exemplos de classificação e um breve tutorial de classificação, veja HowTo - Ordenação.

  Novo na versão 3.2.

@functools.lru_cache(user_function)
@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=128, typed=False)

  Decorador para embrulhar uma função com um chamável memoizável que economiza até as chamadas mais recentes maxsize. Pode economizar tempo quando uma função cara ou E/S é periodicamente chamada com os mesmos argumentos.

  The cache is threadsafe so that the wrapped function can be used in multiple threads. This means that the underlying data structure will remain coherent during concurrent updates.

  It is possible for the wrapped function to be called more than once if another thread makes an additional call before the initial call has been completed and cached.

  Since a dictionary is used to cache results, the positional and keyword arguments to the function must be hashable.

  Distinct argument patterns may be considered to be distinct calls with separate cache entries. For example, `f(a=1, b=2)` and `f(b=2, a=1)` differ in their keyword argument order and may have two separate cache entries.

  Se user_function especificado, deve ser um chamável. Isso permite que o decorador lru_cache seja aplicado diretamente a uma função do usuário, deixando maxsize em seu valor padrão de 128:

      @lru_cache
      def count_vowels(sentence):
          return sum(sentence.count(vowel) for vowel in 'AEIOUaeiou')

  Se maxsize for definido como `None`, o recurso LRU é desabilitado e o cache pode crescer sem limites.

  If typed is set to true, function arguments of different types will be cached separately. If typed is false, the implementation will usually regard them as equivalent calls and only cache a single result. (Some types such as str and int may be cached separately even when typed is false.)

  Note, type specificity applies only to the function’s immediate arguments rather than their contents. The scalar arguments, `Decimal(42)` and `Fraction(42)` are be treated as distinct calls with distinct results. In contrast, the tuple arguments `('answer', Decimal(42))` and `('answer', Fraction(42))` are treated as equivalent.

  The wrapped function is instrumented with a `cache_parameters()` function that returns a new `dict` showing the values for maxsize and typed. This is for information purposes only. Mutating the values has no effect.

  To help measure the effectiveness of the cache and tune the maxsize parameter, the wrapped function is instrumented with a `cache_info()` function that returns a named tuple showing hits, misses, maxsize and currsize.

  O decorador também fornece uma função `cache_clear()` para limpar ou invalidar o cache.

  A função subjacente original é acessível através do atributo `__wrapped__`. Isso é útil para introspecção, para ignorar o cache, ou para reinstalar a função com um cache diferente.

  The cache keeps references to the arguments and return values until they age out of the cache or until the cache is cleared.

  If a method is cached, the `self` instance argument is included in the cache. See How do I cache method calls?

  Um cache LRU (menos usado recentemente) funciona melhor quando as chamadas mais recentes são os melhores preditores de chamadas futuras (por exemplo, os artigos mais populares em um servidor de notícias tendem a mudar a cada dia). O limite de tamanho do cache garante que o cache não cresça sem limites em processos de longa execução, como servidores da web.

  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 (such as generators and async functions), or impure functions such as time() or random().

  Exemplo de um cache LRU para conteúdo web estático:

      @lru_cache(maxsize=32)
      def get_pep(num):
          'Retrieve text of a Python Enhancement Proposal'
          resource = 'https://peps.python.org/pep-%04d/' % num
          try:
              with urllib.request.urlopen(resource) as s:
                  return s.read()
          except urllib.error.HTTPError:
              return 'Not Found'

      >>> for n in 8, 290, 308, 320, 8, 218, 320, 279, 289, 320, 9991:
      ...     pep = get_pep(n)
      ...     print(n, len(pep))

      >>> get_pep.cache_info()
      CacheInfo(hits=3, misses=8, maxsize=32, currsize=8)

  Exemplo de computação eficiente dos números Fibonacci usando um cache para implementar uma programação dinâmica técnica:

      @lru_cache(maxsize=None)
      def fib(n):
          if n < 2:
              return n
          return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2)

      >>> [fib(n) for n in range(16)]
      [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610]

      >>> fib.cache_info()
      CacheInfo(hits=28, misses=16, maxsize=None, currsize=16)

  Novo na versão 3.2.

  Alterado na versão 3.3: Adicionada a opção typed.

  Alterado na versão 3.8: Adicionada a opção user_function.

  Alterado na versão 3.9: Added the function `cache_parameters()`

@functools.total_ordering

  Given a class defining one or more rich comparison ordering methods, this class decorator supplies the rest. This simplifies the effort involved in specifying all of the possible rich comparison operations:

  The class must define one of `__lt__()`, `__le__()`, `__gt__()`, or `__ge__()`. In addition, the class should supply an `__eq__()` method.

  Por exemplo:

      @total_ordering
      class Student:
          def _is_valid_operand(self, other):
              return (hasattr(other, "lastname") and
                      hasattr(other, "firstname"))
          def __eq__(self, other):
              if not self._is_valid_operand(other):
                  return NotImplemented
              return ((self.lastname.lower(), self.firstname.lower()) ==
                      (other.lastname.lower(), other.firstname.lower()))
          def __lt__(self, other):
              if not self._is_valid_operand(other):
                  return NotImplemented
              return ((self.lastname.lower(), self.firstname.lower()) <
                      (other.lastname.lower(), other.firstname.lower()))

  Nota

  While this decorator makes it easy to create well behaved totally ordered types, it does come at the cost of slower execution and more complex stack traces for the derived comparison methods. If performance benchmarking indicates this is a bottleneck for a given application, implementing all six rich comparison methods instead is likely to provide an easy speed boost.

  Nota

  This decorator makes no attempt to override methods that have been declared in the class or its superclasses. Meaning that if a superclass defines a comparison operator, total_ordering will not implement it again, even if the original method is abstract.

  Novo na versão 3.2.

  Alterado na versão 3.4: Returning NotImplemented from the underlying comparison function for unrecognised types is now supported.

functools.partial(func, /, *args, **keywords)

  Return a new partial object which when called will behave like func called with the positional arguments args and keyword arguments keywords. If more arguments are supplied to the call, they are appended to args. If additional keyword arguments are supplied, they extend and override keywords. Roughly equivalent to:

      def partial(func, /, *args, **keywords):
          def newfunc(*fargs, **fkeywords):
              newkeywords = {**keywords, **fkeywords}
              return func(*args, *fargs, **newkeywords)
          newfunc.func = func
          newfunc.args = args
          newfunc.keywords = keywords
          return newfunc

  The `partial()` is used for partial function application which “freezes” some portion of a function’s arguments and/or keywords resulting in a new object with a simplified signature. For example, `partial()` can be used to create a callable that behaves like the `int()` function where the base argument defaults to two:

      >>> from functools import partial
      >>> basetwo = partial(int, base=2)
      >>> basetwo.__doc__ = 'Convert base 2 string to an int.'
      >>> basetwo('10010')
      18

class functools.partialmethod(func, /, *args, **keywords)

  Return a new `partialmethod` descriptor which behaves like `partial` except that it is designed to be used as a method definition rather than being directly callable.

  func must be a descriptor or a callable (objects which are both, like normal functions, are handled as descriptors).

  When func is a descriptor (such as a normal Python function, `classmethod()`, `staticmethod()`, `abstractmethod()` or another instance of `partialmethod`), calls to `__get__` are delegated to the underlying descriptor, and an appropriate partial object returned as the result.

  When func is a non-descriptor callable, an appropriate bound method is created dynamically. This behaves like a normal Python function when used as a method: the self argument will be inserted as the first positional argument, even before the args and keywords supplied to the `partialmethod` constructor.

  Exemplo:

      >>> class Cell:
      ...     def __init__(self):
      ...         self._alive = False
      ...     @property
      ...     def alive(self):
      ...         return self._alive
      ...     def set_state(self, state):
      ...         self._alive = bool(state)
      ...     set_alive = partialmethod(set_state, True)
      ...     set_dead = partialmethod(set_state, False)
      ...
      >>> c = Cell()
      >>> c.alive
      False
      >>> c.set_alive()
      >>> c.alive
      True

  Novo na versão 3.4.

functools.reduce(function, iterable[, initializer])

  Apply function of two arguments cumulatively to the items of iterable, from left to right, so as to reduce the iterable to a single value. For example, `reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])` calculates `((((1+2)+3)+4)+5)`. The left argument, x, is the accumulated value and the right argument, y, is the update value from the iterable. If the optional initializer is present, it is placed before the items of the iterable in the calculation, and serves as a default when the iterable is empty. If initializer is not given and iterable contains only one item, the first item is returned.

  Aproximadamente equivalente a:

      def reduce(function, iterable, initializer=None):
          it = iter(iterable)
          if initializer is None:
              value = next(it)
          else:
              value = initializer
          for element in it:
              value = function(value, element)
          return value

  See `itertools.accumulate()` for an iterator that yields all intermediate values.

@functools.singledispatch

  Transform a function into a single-dispatch generic function.

  To define a generic function, decorate it with the `@singledispatch` decorator. When defining a function using `@singledispatch`, note that the dispatch happens on the type of the first argument:

      >>> from functools import singledispatch
      >>> @singledispatch
      ... def fun(arg, verbose=False):
      ...     if verbose:
      ...         print("Let me just say,", end=" ")
      ...     print(arg)

  To add overloaded implementations to the function, use the `register()` attribute of the generic function, which can be used as a decorator. For functions annotated with types, the decorator will infer the type of the first argument automatically:

      >>> @fun.register
      ... def _(arg: int, verbose=False):
      ...     if verbose:
      ...         print("Strength in numbers, eh?", end=" ")
      ...     print(arg)
      ...
      >>> @fun.register
      ... def _(arg: list, verbose=False):
      ...     if verbose:
      ...         print("Enumerate this:")
      ...     for i, elem in enumerate(arg):
      ...         print(i, elem)

  `types.UnionType` and `typing.Union` can also be used:

      >>> @fun.register
      ... def _(arg: int | float, verbose=False):
      ...     if verbose:
      ...         print("Strength in numbers, eh?", end=" ")
      ...     print(arg)
      ...
      >>> from typing import Union
      >>> @fun.register
      ... def _(arg: Union[list, set], verbose=False):
      ...     if verbose:
      ...         print("Enumerate this:")
      ...     for i, elem in enumerate(arg):
      ...         print(i, elem)
      ...

  For code which doesn’t use type annotations, the appropriate type argument can be passed explicitly to the decorator itself:

      >>> @fun.register(complex)
      ... def _(arg, verbose=False):
      ...     if verbose:
      ...         print("Better than complicated.", end=" ")
      ...     print(arg.real, arg.imag)
      ...

  To enable registering lambdas and pre-existing functions, the `register()` attribute can also be used in a functional form:

      >>> def nothing(arg, verbose=False):
      ...     print("Nothing.")
      ...
      >>> fun.register(type(None), nothing)

  The `register()` attribute returns the undecorated function. This enables decorator stacking, `pickling`, and the creation of unit tests for each variant independently:

      >>> @fun.register(float)
      ... @fun.register(Decimal)
      ... def fun_num(arg, verbose=False):
      ...     if verbose:
      ...         print("Half of your number:", end=" ")
      ...     print(arg / 2)
      ...
      >>> fun_num is fun
      False

  When called, the generic function dispatches on the type of the first argument:

      >>> fun("Hello, world.")
      Hello, world.
      >>> fun("test.", verbose=True)
      Let me just say, test.
      >>> fun(42, verbose=True)
      Strength in numbers, eh? 42
      >>> fun(['spam', 'spam', 'eggs', 'spam'], verbose=True)
      Enumerate this:
      0 spam
      1 spam
      2 eggs
      3 spam
      >>> fun(None)
      Nothing.
      >>> fun(1.23)
      0.615

  Where there is no registered implementation for a specific type, its method resolution order is used to find a more generic implementation. The original function decorated with `@singledispatch` is registered for the base `object` type, which means it is used if no better implementation is found.

  If an implementation is registered to an abstract base class, virtual subclasses of the base class will be dispatched to that implementation:

      >>> from collections.abc import Mapping
      >>> @fun.register
      ... def _(arg: Mapping, verbose=False):
      ...     if verbose:
      ...         print("Keys & Values")
      ...     for key, value in arg.items():
      ...         print(key, "=>", value)
      ...
      >>> fun({"a": "b"})
      a => b

  To check which implementation the generic function will choose for a given type, use the `dispatch()` attribute:

      >>> fun.dispatch(float)
      <function fun_num at 0x1035a2840>
      >>> fun.dispatch(dict)    # note: default implementation
      <function fun at 0x103fe0000>

  To access all registered implementations, use the read-only `registry` attribute:

      >>> fun.registry.keys()
      dict_keys([<class 'NoneType'>, <class 'int'>, <class 'object'>,
                <class 'decimal.Decimal'>, <class 'list'>,
                <class 'float'>])
      >>> fun.registry[float]
      <function fun_num at 0x1035a2840>
      >>> fun.registry[object]
      <function fun at 0x103fe0000>

  Novo na versão 3.4.

  Alterado na versão 3.7: The `register()` attribute now supports using type annotations.

  Alterado na versão 3.11: The `register()` attribute now supports `types.UnionType` and `typing.Union` as type annotations.

class functools.singledispatchmethod(func)

  Transform a method into a single-dispatch generic function.

  To define a generic method, decorate it with the `@singledispatchmethod` decorator. When defining a function using `@singledispatchmethod`, note that the dispatch happens on the type of the first non-self or non-cls argument:

      class Negator:
          @singledispatchmethod
          def neg(self, arg):
              raise NotImplementedError("Cannot negate a")

          @neg.register
          def _(self, arg: int):
              return -arg

          @neg.register
          def _(self, arg: bool):
              return not arg

  `@singledispatchmethod` supports nesting with other decorators such as `@classmethod`. Note that to allow for `dispatcher.register`, `singledispatchmethod` must be the outer most decorator. Here is the `Negator` class with the `neg` methods bound to the class, rather than an instance of the class:

      class Negator:
          @singledispatchmethod
          @classmethod
          def neg(cls, arg):
              raise NotImplementedError("Cannot negate a")

          @neg.register
          @classmethod
          def _(cls, arg: int):
              return -arg

          @neg.register
          @classmethod
          def _(cls, arg: bool):
              return not arg

  The same pattern can be used for other similar decorators: `@staticmethod`, `@abstractmethod`, and others.

  Novo na versão 3.8.

functools.update_wrapper(wrapper, wrapped, assigned=WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS, updated=WRAPPER_UPDATES)

  Update a wrapper function to look like the wrapped function. The optional arguments are tuples to specify which attributes of the original function are assigned directly to the matching attributes on the wrapper function and which attributes of the wrapper function are updated with the corresponding attributes from the original function. The default values for these arguments are the module level constants `WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS` (which assigns to the wrapper function’s `__module__`, `__name__`, `__qualname__`, `__annotations__` and `__doc__`, the documentation string) and `WRAPPER_UPDATES` (which updates the wrapper function’s `__dict__`, i.e. the instance dictionary).

  To allow access to the original function for introspection and other purposes (e.g. bypassing a caching decorator such as `lru_cache()`), this function automatically adds a `__wrapped__` attribute to the wrapper that refers to the function being wrapped.

  The main intended use for this function is in decorator functions which wrap the decorated function and return the wrapper. If the wrapper function is not updated, the metadata of the returned function will reflect the wrapper definition rather than the original function definition, which is typically less than helpful.

  `update_wrapper()` may be used with callables other than functions. Any attributes named in assigned or updated that are missing from the object being wrapped are ignored (i.e. this function will not attempt to set them on the wrapper function). `AttributeError` is still raised if the wrapper function itself is missing any attributes named in updated.

  Alterado na versão 3.2: The `__wrapped__` attribute is now automatically added. The `__annotations__` attribute is now copied by default. Missing attributes no longer trigger an `AttributeError`.

  Alterado na versão 3.4: The `__wrapped__` attribute now always refers to the wrapped function, even if that function defined a `__wrapped__` attribute. (see bpo-17482)

@functools.wraps(wrapped, assigned=WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS, updated=WRAPPER_UPDATES)

  This is a convenience function for invoking `update_wrapper()` as a function decorator when defining a wrapper function. It is equivalent to `partial(update_wrapper, wrapped=wrapped, assigned=assigned, updated=updated)`. For example:

      >>> from functools import wraps
      >>> def my_decorator(f):
      ...     @wraps(f)
      ...     def wrapper(*args, **kwds):
      ...         print('Calling decorated function')
      ...         return f(*args, **kwds)
      ...     return wrapper
      ...
      >>> @my_decorator
      ... def example():
      ...     """Docstring"""
      ...     print('Called example function')
      ...
      >>> example()
      Calling decorated function
      Called example function
      >>> example.__name__
      'example'
      >>> example.__doc__
      'Docstring'

  Without the use of this decorator factory, the name of the example function would have been `'wrapper'`, and the docstring of the original `example()` would have been lost.

## Objetos `partial`

`partial` objects are callable objects created by `partial()`. They have three read-only attributes:

partial.func

  A callable object or function. Calls to the `partial` object will be forwarded to `func` with new arguments and keywords.

partial.args

  The leftmost positional arguments that will be prepended to the positional arguments provided to a `partial` object call.

partial.keywords

  The keyword arguments that will be supplied when the `partial` object is called.

`partial` objects are like `function` objects in that they are callable, weak referenceable, and can have attributes. There are some important differences. For instance, the `__name__` and `__doc__` attributes are not created automatically. Also, `partial` objects defined in classes behave like static methods and do not transform into bound methods during instance attribute look-up.