use sentinels to check for cache key existance

Author: anthonyp97

cache_helper/decorators.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from cache_helper import utils
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND = 'cache_key_not_found'
 
 
 def cached(timeout):
@@ -25,18 +24,19 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             function_cache_key = utils.get_function_cache_key(func_name, args, kwargs)
             cache_key = utils.get_hashed_cache_key(function_cache_key)
 
+            sentinel = object()
             try:
                 # Attempts to get cache key and defaults to a string constant which will be returned if the cache
                 # key does not exist due to expiry or never being set.
-                value = cache.get(cache_key, CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND)
+                value = cache.get(cache_key, sentinel)
             except Exception:
                 logger.warning(
                     f'Error retrieving value from Cache for Key: {function_cache_key}',
                     exc_info=True,
                 )
-                value = CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND
+                value = sentinel
 
-            if value == CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND:
+            if value is sentinel:
                 value = func(*args, **kwargs)
                 # Try and set the key, value pair in the cache.
                 # But if it fails on an error from the underlying
@@ -79,18 +79,19 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             function_cache_key = utils.get_function_cache_key(func_name, args[1:], kwargs)
             cache_key = utils.get_hashed_cache_key(function_cache_key)
 
+            sentinel = object()
             try:
                 # Attempts to get cache key and defaults to a string constant which will be returned if the cache
                 # key does not exist due to expiry or never being set.
-                value = cache.get(cache_key, CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND)
+                value = cache.get(cache_key, sentinel)
             except Exception:
                 logger.warning(
                     f'Error retrieving value from Cache for Key: {function_cache_key}',
                     exc_info=True,
                 )
-                value = CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND
+                value = sentinel
 
-            if value == CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND:
+            if value is sentinel:
                 value = func(*args, **kwargs)
                 # Try and set the key, value pair in the cache.
                 # But if it fails on an error from the underlying
@@ -154,18 +155,19 @@ def __get__(self, obj, objtype):
         def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             cache_key, function_cache_key = self.create_cache_key(*args, **kwargs)
 
+            sentinel = object()
             try:
                 # Attempts to get cache key and defaults to a string constant which will be returned if the cache
                 # key does not exist due to expiry or never being set.
-                value = cache.get(cache_key, CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND)
+                value = cache.get(cache_key, sentinel)
             except Exception:
                 logger.warning(
                     f'Error retrieving value from Cache for Key: {function_cache_key}',
                     exc_info=True,
                 )
-                value = CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND
+                value = sentinel
 
-            if value == CACHE_KEY_NOT_FOUND:
+            if value is sentinel:
                 value = self.func(*args, **kwargs)
                 # Try and set the key, value pair in the cache.
                 # But if it fails on an error from the underlying