class Singleton(type): """ Define an Instance operation that lets clients access its unique instance. """ def __init__(cls, name, bases, attrs, **kwargs): super().__init__(name, bases, attrs) cls._instance = None def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs): if cls._instance is None: cls._instance = super().__call__(*args, **kwargs) return cls._instance class MyClass(metaclass=Singleton): """ Example class. """ pass # class Singleton(object): # _instance = None # def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs): # if not isinstance(cls._instance, cls): # print("Constructing singleton for", cls, 'with parameters', args, kwargs) # # cls._instance = object.__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs) # cls._instance = super(Singleton, cls).__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs) # return cls._instance # class Singleton(object): # _instance = None # def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs): # if not isinstance(cls._instance, cls): # cls._instance = object.__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs) # return cls._instance