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Storing multiple instances on a Singleton?

RefactoringGuru's example Singleton in Python has an _instances dictionary field class Singleton(type): _instances = {} def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs): if cls not in cls....
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What's wrong with using a Singleton?

I'm working on a Python application in which there are two Singleton classes: App and Configuration. The former seems straight forward, only ever instantiate one App instance; the latter seems ...
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Using singletons in Python (Django)

I was suggested to define a singleton in Python in the following way: class Controller: pass # ... controller = Controller() However, this way, controller cannot be replaced with a derived ...
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