Re: [naviserver-devel] nacache

[Stephen D. <sd...@gm...>]

On 12/11/05, Vlad Seryakov <vl...@cr...> wrote:
> Yes, "just-create" policy is fine, clearing the cache but keeping it
> empty is not bad. Reduceing locks with nscache is actually a big deal
> but at this point compatibility with old API is a higher priority, too
> much production code.
>
> Let's see what Stephen will say :-))
>
> Zoran Vasiljevic wrote:
> >
> > On 11.12.2005, at 18:39, Vlad Seryakov wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Can we just put existing module into the core? It's been working  good
> >> in the past.
> >
> >
> > I have nothing against. We use this module for years and it just  works
> > fine.
> > I also like Stephens less-locking approach but only one thing bothers m=
e
> > there: inability to create new caches during runtime.
> > I'd also accept "just creating and not tearing down" caches as this  wo=
uld
> > suffice us.

Yes, good points.  I've uploaded a new patch which merges everything
into the core with minimal changes to existing C code.  Let me know
how this looks.

Regarding API compatibility for Tcl code, I thought a wrapper ns_cache
command could be added to the tcl/cache.tcl file.  What do you think?