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Cache::Ref::CLOCK(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Cache::Ref::CLOCK(3pm) |
NAME¶
Cache::Ref::CLOCK - CLOCK cache replacement algorithmSYNOPSIS¶
my $c = Cache::Ref::CLOCK->new( size => $n, k => $k, );
DESCRIPTION¶
This algorithm is provides a second chance FIFO cache expiry policy using a circular buffer.It is a very well accepted page replacement algorithm, but largely for reasons which are irrelevant in this context (cache hits don't need to be serialized in a multiprocessing context as they only require an idempotent operation (setting a bit to 1)).
ATTRIBUTES¶
- size
- The size of the live entries.
- k
- This is the initial value given to all hit entries.
As the hand moves through the circular buffer it decrements the counters.
The default is 1, providing semantics similar to a second chance FIFO cache.
Larger values of "k" model LRU more accurately.
This is pretty silly though, as Cache::Ref::LRU is probably way more efficient for any "k" bigger than 1.
AUTHOR¶
Yuval KogmanCOPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Yuval Kogman.This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
2010-09-23 | perl v5.12.4 |