diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.cache
+__pycache__
+/fcache.egg-info
diff --git a/fcache/__init__.py b/fcache/__init__.py
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+++ b/fcache/__init__.py
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+from .fcache import fcache
diff --git a/fcache/fcache.py b/fcache/fcache.py
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+++ b/fcache/fcache.py
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+from fcache.hashing import stable_hash
+from fcache.file_cache import FileCache
+
+import atexit
+
+
+GLOBAL_CACHE = FileCache('.fcache')
+
+def get_global_cache():
+    global GLOBAL_CACHE
+    return GLOBAL_CACHE
+
+def fcache(f):
+    cache = get_global_cache()
+    def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
+        call_hash = stable_hash((f, args, kwargs))
+        if call_hash in cache:
+            return cache[call_hash]
+        else:
+            ret_val = f(*args, **kwargs)
+            cache[call_hash] = ret_val
+            return ret_val
+    return decorated
+fcache.clear_at_exit = False
+
+@atexit.register
+def maybe_clear_at_exit():
+    if fcache.clear_at_exit:
+        global GLOBAL_CACHE
+        GLOBAL_CACHE.clear()
diff --git a/fcache/file_cache.py b/fcache/file_cache.py
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+++ b/fcache/file_cache.py
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+import os
+import pickle
+
+
+class FileCache:
+    def __init__(self, cache_dir):
+        self._cache_dir = cache_dir
+        self._cached_keys = set()
+        if not os.path.exists(cache_dir):
+            os.makedirs(cache_dir)
+        for cached_pickle in os.listdir(cache_dir):
+            key, ext = os.path.splitext(cached_pickle)
+            if ext != '.pkl': continue
+            self._cached_keys.add(int(key))
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        cache_fn = self.cache_fn(key)
+        with open(cache_fn, 'wb') as f:
+            pickle.dump(value, f)
+        self._cached_keys.add(key)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        cache_fn = self.cache_fn(key)
+        try:
+            with open(cache_fn, 'rb') as f:
+                return pickle.load(f)
+        except IOError:
+            raise KeyError(key)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._cached_keys)
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        return key in self._cached_keys
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self._cached_keys = set()
+        for cached_pickle in os.listdir(self._cache_dir):
+            os.unlink(os.path.join(self._cache_dir, cached_pickle))
+
+    def cache_fn(self, key):
+        return os.path.join(self._cache_dir, str(key) + '.pkl')
diff --git a/fcache/hashing.py b/fcache/hashing.py
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+++ b/fcache/hashing.py
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+import hashlib
+import pickle
+import io
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+
+class StablePickler(pickle.Pickler):
+    def persistent_id(self, obj):
+        if hasattr(obj, '__code__'):
+            return obj.__code__.co_code
+        elif isinstance(obj, dict):
+            return sorted(obj.items())
+        elif isinstance(obj, set):
+            return sorted(obj)
+        return None
+
+
+def stable_hash(obj):
+    file = io.BytesIO()
+    StablePickler(file).dump(obj)
+    dumps = file.getvalue()
+    hasher = hashlib.sha1()
+    hasher.update(dumps)
+    return int.from_bytes(hasher.digest(), 'little')
diff --git a/fcache/test_file_cache.py b/fcache/test_file_cache.py
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+++ b/fcache/test_file_cache.py
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+from fcache.file_cache import FileCache
+
+def test_caching_values(tmpdir):
+    cache = FileCache(str(tmpdir))
+    kvs = [(1, 1), (2, 20), (3, 300)]
+    for k, v in kvs:
+        cache[k] = v
+    for k, v in kvs:
+        assert k in cache
+        assert cache[k] == v
+    assert len(cache) == 3
+
+    # test that values are preserved between runs
+    del cache
+    cache = FileCache(str(tmpdir))
+    for k, v in kvs:
+        assert k in cache
+        assert cache[k] == v
+    assert len(cache) == 3
+
+def test_cache_clearing(tmpdir):
+    cache = FileCache(str(tmpdir))
+    kvs = [(1, 1), (2, 20), (3, 300)]
+    for k, v in kvs:
+        cache[k] = v
+    assert len(cache) == 3
+    cache.clear()
+    assert len(cache) == 0
diff --git a/fcache/tests/test_caching_functions.py b/fcache/tests/test_caching_functions.py
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+++ b/fcache/tests/test_caching_functions.py
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+from fcache import fcache
+
+fcache.clear_at_exit = True
+
+class Num:
+    def __init__(self, n):
+        self.n = n
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.n == other.n
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(self.n)
+
+# Test global function
+
+global_function_call_counter = 0
+def global_function(n):
+    global global_function_call_counter
+    global_function_call_counter += 1
+    return n * n
+
+def test_global_function():
+    cached = fcache(global_function)
+    exp_5 = global_function(5)
+    exp_1000 = global_function(1000)
+    exp_large = global_function(10000000)
+    global global_function_call_counter
+    assert global_function_call_counter == 3
+
+    for _ in range(2):
+        assert cached(5) == exp_5
+        assert cached(1000) == exp_1000
+        assert cached(10000000) == exp_large
+        assert global_function_call_counter == 6
+
+
+# Test local function
+def test_local_function():
+    def loc_func(n):
+        loc_func._num_calls_ += 1
+        return n * n
+    loc_func._num_calls_ = 0
+    cached = fcache(loc_func)
+    for i in range(5):
+        for n in range(5):
+            assert cached(n) == loc_func(n)
+        assert loc_func._num_calls_ == 5 * (i + 2)
+
+
+# Test lambda
+def test_lambda():
+    lamb = lambda x: x
+    cached = fcache(lamb)
+    for i in range(5):
+        for n in range(5):
+            f_input = Num(n)
+            actual_res = lamb(f_input)
+            cached_res = cached(f_input)
+            assert actual_res == cached_res
+            if i == 0:
+                assert f_input is cached_res
+            else:
+                assert f_input is not cached_res
+
+# Test redifining a function
+def test_redefining_a_function():
+    @fcache
+    def f1(n):
+        return n + 1
+    for n in range(5):
+        return f1(n) == (n + 1)
+
+    @fcache
+    def f1(n):
+        return n + 2
+    for n in range(5):
+        return f1(n) == (n + 2)
+
+
+# Test kwargs
+def test_kwargs():
+    @fcache
+    def fun(n, add=1):
+        return n + add
+
+    assert fun(10) == 11
+    assert fun(10, add=20) == 30
+
+
+# TODO Test closure
+# TODO Test class function
+# TODO Test well behaived
+
+# Test with numpy and pandas - in a separate file
diff --git a/fcache/tests/test_hashing.py b/fcache/tests/test_hashing.py
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+++ b/fcache/tests/test_hashing.py
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+import pytest
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+from fcache.hashing import stable_hash
+
+
+def get_hash_command(repr_):
+    return 'from fcache.hashing import stable_hash; print(stable_hash(%s))' % repr_
+
+
+def get_hash(repr_):
+    # copy pasted from https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/5e8fa1b13516/Lib/test/test_hash.py#l145
+    env = os.environ
+    cmd_line = [sys.executable, '-c', get_hash_command(repr_)]
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd_line, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                             env=env)
+    out, err = p.communicate()
+    return int(out.strip())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('object_to_hash', ['string', (('key1', 1), ('key2', 2)),
+                                            {'key1': 10, 'key2': 20}, {1, 50, 10, 20},
+                                            5, ('str', 10), [2, 3, 'xv']])
+def test_cache_stability(object_to_hash):
+    expected_hash = stable_hash(object_to_hash)
+    for _ in range(3):
+        another_hash = get_hash(repr(object_to_hash))
+        assert expected_hash == another_hash
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name='fcache',
+    version='0.1.0',
+    description='Caching Function Calls',
+    author='Svetlin Mladenov',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=[
+    ],
+)
+