This question is not for the discussion of whether or not the singleton design pattern is desirable, is an anti-pattern, or for any religious wars, but to discuss how this pattern is best implemented in Python in such a way that is most pythonic. In this instance I define ‘most pythonic’ to mean that it … Read more
What real (i.e. practical) difference exists between a static class and a singleton pattern? Both can be invoked without instantiation, both provide only one “Instance” and neither of them is thread-safe. Is there any other difference? 40 40
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Spring’s default scope is singleton. It’s just that your idea of what it means to be a singleton doesn’t match how Spring defines singletons. If you tell Spring to make two separate beans with different ids and the same class, then you get two separate beans, each with singleton scope. All singleton scope means is that when … Read more
