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Fix cached calls count in factorial example
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Expand Up @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
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>>> factorial(5) # just looks up cached value result
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>>> factorial(12) # makes two new recursive calls, the other 10 are cached
>>> factorial(12) # makes two new recursive calls, the other 11 are cached
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The cache is threadsafe so that the wrapped function can be used in
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