ocaml-containers/cache.mli
Simon Cruanes 22e948e374 big changes in the Cache module, with clean signatures and several
functors that implement distinct policies
2013-03-06 12:28:09 +01:00

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(** {1 Memoization caches} *)
(** {2 Signatures} *)
module type EQ = sig
type t
val equal : t -> t -> bool
end
module type HASH = sig
include EQ
val hash : t -> int
end
(** Signature of a cache for values *)
module type S = sig
type 'a t
type key
val create : int -> 'a t
(** Create a new cache of the given size. *)
val clear : 'a t -> unit
(** Clear content of the cache *)
val with_cache : 'a t -> (key -> 'a) -> key -> 'a
(** Wrap the function with the cache *)
end
(** Signature of a cache for pairs of values *)
module type S2 = sig
type 'a t
type key
val create : int -> 'a t
(** Create a new cache of the given size. *)
val clear : 'a t -> unit
(** Clear content of the cache *)
val with_cache : 'a t -> (key -> key -> 'a) -> key -> key -> 'a
(** Wrap the function with the cache *)
end
(** {2 Small linear cache} *)
(** This cache stores (key,value) pairs in an array, that is traversed
linearily. It is therefore only reasonable for small sizes (like 5). *)
module Linear(X : EQ) : S with type key = X.t
module Linear2(X : EQ) : S2 with type key = X.t
(** {2 Hashtables that resolve collisions by replacing} *)
module Replacing(X : HASH) : S with type key = X.t
module Replacing2(X : HASH) : S2 with type key = X.t
(* TODO LRU cache *)