# Lifecycles unique vs many

**🟢 Beginner · Lesson 02**

The one decision every binding makes - where does instance reuse stop? unique = one shared instance; many = fresh construction per meld. This is Existence, the heart of the bind vocabulary.

## Before you run

Use the [Beginner guide](../../beginner/index.md) for prerequisite concepts. Run from a checkout with Melder installed and Python 3.14 free-threading selected. The collection download includes the level's local helper modules.

## Run the saved script

```bash
python UX_and_AIX_experiences/01_beginner/02_lifecycles_unique_vs_many.py
```

```powershell
py -3.14t UX_and_AIX_experiences/01_beginner/02_lifecycles_unique_vs_many.py
```

{download}`Download this collection <../../downloads/beginner-examples.zip>` · [Source on GitHub](https://github.com/Synaptic724/melder/blob/4b364a338debcb1c010d0f6e9dcbbabb62945ba0/UX_and_AIX_experiences/01_beginner/02_lifecycles_unique_vs_many.py)

## Public surface

md.Spellbook, existence="unique" / "many"

## Code

```{literalinclude} ../../downloads/01_beginner/02_lifecycles_unique_vs_many.py
:language: python
:linenos:
```

## Check the outcome

The script contains its own assertions or demonstrated refusal paths. Run it to evaluate those checks against your installed version. The code above is taken directly from the saved file; no run output is invented here.

[More beginner examples](index.md) · [Level guide](../../beginner/index.md)

## Related guides

- [Choose an instance lifetime](../../beginner/lifetimes.md)

## API contracts

- [Spellbook](../../reference/api/binding/spellbook.md)