{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/9"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides lazy-loading and self-destructive proxy objects to defer expensive module imports and global state construction until first use, speeding up application startup times.","skillfed_tags":["import-optimization","startup-performance"],"use_cases":["Speed up CLI startup by deferring regex compilation, config parsing, or other expensive module-level setup until first use.","Lazy-import heavy third-party modules like pygments or pkg_resources in background threads to unblock application initialization.","Reduce import time for data science or ML libraries that build large global caches or models at import time.","Implement lazy module imports where a submodule is only imported if one of its members is actually accessed.","Defer expensive initialization in long-running services that may not use all their optional features on every run."],"what_it_does":"lazyasd provides tools to defer expensive computations and module imports until they are actually needed, reducing application startup time. It works by wrapping expensive operations in lazy proxy objects that perform no work when created, but trigger their loader function on first access and then replace themselves in the calling scope with the real value. This is useful for command-line tools, web servers, and other user-facing applications where import speed matters.\n\nThe package offers three main strategies: LazyObject for general lazy construction, LazyBool and LazyDict for specialized cases, and load_module_in_background() for importing heavy modules on a background thread. The self-destructive aspect means that once a lazy object is accessed and replaced with its real value, the proxy itself can be garbage collected, leaving no overhead in subsequent accesses.","worth_installing":"No. The package is abandoned (last release 2018, no commits since February 2022) and has high install friction. While the concept is sound and the BSD license is permissive, the lack of maintenance means no fixes for Python version incompatibilities or import machinery changes. For new projects, consider maintained alternatives or inline the single-file implementation directly into your codebase, as the documentation explicitly permits."},"id":"lazyasd","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/lazyasd","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/lazyasd.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/lazyasd/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2018-03-21","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"lazyasd","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Lazy & self-destructive tools for speeding up module imports"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":145284,"position":11129,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.1.4"}