@functools.lru_cache()
def xontrib_metadata():
 with open(xontribs_json(), 'r') as f:
  md = json.load(f)
 return md

@ functools . lru_cache ( ) def xontrib_metadata ( ) : with open ( xontribs_json ( ) , 'r' ) as f : md = json . load ( f ) return md
loads and returns the xontribs .