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      2 #
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     19 from weakref import WeakKeyDictionary
     20 
     21 
     22 class DiffResultDescriptor(object):
     23 
     24     """Descriptor for managing diff results."""
     25 
     26     # @properties could be used instead, but there are so
     27     # many result attributes, this will keep the code cleaner.
     28 
     29     def __init__(self, diff_function):
     30         self.diff_function = diff_function
     31 
     32         # use weak references so instances can be
     33         # garbage collected, rather than unnecessarily
     34         # kept around due to this descriptor.
     35         self.instances = WeakKeyDictionary()
     36 
     37     def __get__(self, obj, objtype=None):
     38         if obj is None:
     39             return self
     40 
     41         if self.instances.setdefault(obj, None) is None:
     42             diff = getattr(obj, self.diff_function)
     43             diff()
     44 
     45         return self.instances[obj]
     46 
     47     def __set__(self, obj, value):
     48         self.instances[obj] = value
     49