Function leptos::create_memo

pub fn create_memo<T>(f: impl Fn(Option<&T>) -> T + 'static) -> Memo<T>
where
    T: PartialEq + 'static,

Creates an efficient derived reactive value based on other reactive values.

Unlike a “derived signal,” a memo comes with two guarantees:

1. The memo will only run once per change, no matter how many times you access its value.
2. The memo will only notify its dependents if the value of the computation changes.

This makes a memo the perfect tool for expensive computations.

Memos have a certain overhead compared to derived signals. In most cases, you should create a derived signal. But if the derivation calculation is expensive, you should create a memo.

As with create_effect, the argument to the memo function is the previous value, i.e., the current value of the memo, which will be None for the initial calculation.

let (value, set_value) = create_signal(0);

// 🆗 we could create a derived signal with a simple function
let double_value = move || value.get() * 2;
set_value.set(2);
assert_eq!(double_value(), 4);

// but imagine the computation is really expensive
let expensive = move || really_expensive_computation(value.get()); // lazy: doesn't run until called
create_effect(move |_| {
  // 🆗 run #1: calls `really_expensive_computation` the first time
  log::debug!("expensive = {}", expensive());
});
create_effect(move |_| {
  // ❌ run #2: this calls `really_expensive_computation` a second time!
  let value = expensive();
  // do something else...
});

// instead, we create a memo
// 🆗 run #1: the calculation runs once immediately
let memoized = create_memo(move |_| really_expensive_computation(value.get()));
create_effect(move |_| {
  // 🆗 reads the current value of the memo
  //    can be `memoized()` on nightly
  log::debug!("memoized = {}", memoized.get());
});
create_effect(move |_| {
  // ✅ reads the current value **without re-running the calculation**
  let value = memoized.get();
  // do something else...
});