#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Module containing some basic caching functions.
"""

__authors__ = [
    '"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
  ]


from functools import wraps


def getCacher(get, put):
  """Returns a caching decorator that uses get and put.
  """

  # TODO(SRabbelier) possibly accept 'key' instead, and define
  # get and put in terms of key, depends on further usage

  def cache(func):
    """Decorator that caches the result from func.
    """
  
    @wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
      result = get(*args, **kwargs)
      if result:
        return result

      result = func(*args, **kwargs)
      put(result, *args, **kwargs)
      return result

    return wrapper

  return cache
