[ZODB-Dev] Re: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: StandaloneZODB/ZODB - cPersistence.c:1.58 cPersistence.h:1.25 cPickleCache.c:1.55

[Patrick K. O'Brien]

[Toby Dickenson]
> >
> >I like adding a new method -- what about cache.clear()?  But keeping
> >the old methods for backwards compatibility.  I don't expect we'll
> >have enough releases from the Zope2/ZODB3 branch to get to "eventually
> >removing" something.
> 
> Hmm. both of our suggestions (reduce_to_zero and clear) suggest that
> the cache will end up empty. However there are some objects that this
> method cant remove from the cache; modified objects.
> 
> How about 'minimize'?

How about 'pack'? Like packing a database to free up space.

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Patrick K. O'Brien
Orbtech