[ZODB-Dev] ZODB cache reimplementation

Jeremy Hylton jeremy@zope.com
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:09:36 -0500


>>>>> "TD" == Toby Dickenson <tdickenson@devmail.geminidataloggers.co.uk> writes:

  TD> Ive updated http://www.zope.org/Members/htrd/cache with a
  TD> release of the new ZODB cache which uses weak references on
  TD> ghosts but not non-ghosts. This version also supports ZClasses.

  TD> I think this version would be worth trying for anyone who has
  TD> had problems with ZODB using too much memory. I would be
  TD> grateful for any feedback.

Toby,

Can you provide a brief overview of how the new cache is designed.  I
tried to read the code, but I wasn't sure what you were doing to use
less memory and couldn't reverse engineer the architecture from the
implementation.  

It also looks like you haven't done the LRU part yet, right?

Jeremy