[python] Creating a singleton in Python

Check out Stack Overflow question Is there a simple, elegant way to define singletons in Python? with several solutions.

I'd strongly recommend to watch Alex Martelli's talks on design patterns in python: part 1 and part 2. In particular, in part 1 he talks about singletons/shared state objects.

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