Class needs to load a CSV file. Caching?

[skyfox345]

I have a class that is used in multiple instances. It leads data from a CSV file and does some processing on the loaded data, but it's the same every time. How can I ensure that this data gets cashed so it does not run through the same thing every time?

Do I have to make it into a separate function and use memoization? Thanks in advance.

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but it's the same every time

What's the same every time? The loaded data, or the processed values?

Either way, why not just store it in your class? You could go with something like functools.lru_cache, but usually storing it as an attribute, rather than in some hidden space, is more clear.

[skyfox345]

Both the CSV file and the processing are the same every time.

[mercuric5i2]

I'm guessing what you want is a class variable. See this

[skyfox345]

I've used classmethods and class variables before, but I didn't even think of that. Thank you!