If your function gets a restricted range of arguments (say, only the integers 1 through 100), you probably don’t have to worry about the cache growing too large.

Python lets you set default values for function arguments, which is super convenient. But when those default values are mutable (like lists or dictionaries), you're walking into a sneaky bug trap.

Python has never been as speedy as C or Java, but several projects are in the works to get the lead out of the language.

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