From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-08-22T22:35:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Yet another caching mechanism. The one without the cache.


Erik Veenstra wrote:

[snip]

> The Cache objects are a kind of "delegators-with-cache".
>
> After our algorithm has finished, we want to get rid of these
> Cache objects. That's easy:
>
>  points = points.collect{|point| Cache::Cache.un_cache(point)}
>
> In short: Don't change the business classes, don't change the
> algorithm. Just add one line before the algorithm and one line
> after the algorithm. That's it.
>
> The implementation is easy. In my particular situation, the
> speed is more than doubled. Not bad for such a simple thing.
>
> I don't pretend that this will work in every situation, but it
> worked for me. It's _a_ solution for _my_ problem, not _the_
> solution for _any_ problem.
>
> I just wanted to share... Ruby is fun... ;]

That's a nice solution. Thanks! If you don't mind I'd like to add it to
Facets.

T.