def lazyload(reference: str, *args, **kw):
	"""Lazily load and cache an object reference upon dereferencing.
	
	Assign the result of calling this function with either an object reference passed in positionally:
	
		class MyClass:
			debug = lazyload('logging:debug')
	
	Or the attribute path to traverse (using `marrow.package.loader:traverse`) prefixed by a period.
	
		class AnotherClass:
			target = 'logging:info'
			log = lazyload('.target')
	
	Additional arguments are passed to the eventual call to `load()`.
	"""
	
	assert check_argument_types()
	
	def lazily_load_reference(self):
		ref = reference
		
		if ref.startswith('.'):
			ref = traverse(self, ref[1:])
		
		return load(ref, *args, **kw)
	
	return lazy(lazily_load_reference)
Lazily load and cache an object reference upon dereferencing.
	
	Assign the result of calling this function with either an object reference passed in positionally:
	
		class MyClass:
			debug = lazyload('logging:debug')
	
	Or the attribute path to traverse (using `marrow.package.loader:traverse`) prefixed by a period.
	
		class AnotherClass:
			target = 'logging:info'
			log = lazyload('.target')
	
	Additional arguments are passed to the eventual call to `load()`.