Hello, I've just picked up the Python language and am really enjoying it. I've just signed up to this mailing list and I'm looking forward to taking part in some discussions.
My first post is a question I've been pondering for the last couple of days: For relatively static data (such as a list), is it possible to load a single instance and have many python processes access it? I want to have an object in memory. This object will be loaded on application start up and will contain a list of objects. These will be obtained from (most likely) the file system. My reasoning is: I want to prevent a file system or database fetch each time as it seems unnecessary. Is this possible? In Java I'm pretty sure this could implemented with an object factory and static methods. My understanding is that python invokes a separate process for each request however. If possible, what would be a good way of providing a new structure as it is updated. If anyone could give me some advice or point me in the correct direction I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance, Mike.
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