Hi,
I'm the author and maintainer of the IPC::Cache module, a perl module
that allows for data to be shared between processes via shared memory.
While that module has advantages, it scales poorly to large amounts of
complex data.
To address this concern, I've created the File::Cache module. This
module provides the same straightforward interface as IPC::Cache,
including data timeouts and purging. File::Cache does not use shared
memory -- instead it persists data out to disk.
I'm not convinced that the File::Cache namespace is the best, but I can't
come up with a better name. What do people think about this?
Ultimately, I plan on creating yet another Cache object, one that uses
database space, and have a generic interface that people can use. So,
people could "use Generic::Cache ('File')" or "use Generic::Cache ('IPC')"
and quickly choose the best caching mechanism for their particular data.
We are currently using File::Cache at www.eziba.com, and I'd love to put
it on CPAN, but the only question is the namespace. Comments?
Name DSLI Description Info
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File::Cache adpO Share data between processes via filesystem DCLINTON
-DeWitt
