*
   * Note well that if, for this function, we chose a horizontal line, at height of exactly (1/QPS),
   * then the effect of the function is non-existent: we serve storedPermits at exactly the same
   * cost as fresh ones (1/QPS is the cost for each). We use this trick later.
   *
   * If we pick a function that goes /below/ that horizontal line, it means that we reduce the area

### Creating the `Settings` only once with `lru_cache`

Reading a file from disk is normally a costly (slow) operation, so you probably want to do it only once and then reuse the same settings object, instead of reading it for each request.

But every time we do:

```Python
Settings()
```

endif

# List of all binaries to build
# We split the binaries into "agent" binaries and standard ones. This corresponds to build "agent".
# This allows conditional compilation to avoid pulling in costly dependencies to the agent, such as XDS and k8s.
AGENT_BINARIES:=./pilot/cmd/pilot-agent
STANDARD_BINARIES:=./istioctl/cmd/istioctl \
  ./pilot/cmd/pilot-discovery \
  ./pkg/test/echo/cmd/client \

	factor float64

	// maximum sleep cap,
	// set to <= 0 to disable.
	maxSleep time.Duration

	// Don't sleep at all, if time taken is below this value.
	// This is to avoid too small costly sleeps.
	minSleep time.Duration

	// cycle will be closed
	cycle chan struct{}

	// isScanner should be set when this is used by the scanner
	// to record metrics.
	isScanner bool
}

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