Cached descriptors cache their output. They take into account instance attributes that they depend on, so when the instance attributes change, the descriptors will change the values they return.
Cached descriptors cache their data in _v_
attributes, so they are
also useful for managing the computation of volatile attributes for
persistent objects.
Persistent descriptors:
property
A simple computed property.
See
src/zope/cachedescriptors/property.txt
.method
Idempotent method. The return values are cached based on method arguments and on any instance attributes that the methods are defined to depend on.
Note
Only a cache based on arguments has been implemented so far.
See
src/zope/cachedescriptors/method.txt
.