v5.0.0 Update

[awolverp]

In this update I focused on new features and fixing some known issues:

• Refactor the cache classes, implement the Rust classes inside the Python instead of using stub-files - this help users to use classes as subclass and customize them.
  • BaseCacheImpl
  • Cache
  • FIFOCache
  • RRCache
  • LRUCache
  • LFUCache
  • TTLCache
  • VTTLCache

Example

class CustomRRCache(cachebox.RRCache):
    def new_method(self):
        key = self.random_key()
        print("deleting", key)
        del self[key]

c = CustomRRCache(0, {1:2, 3:4})
c.new_method()
# deleting 1

• Don't ignore errors while doing __eq__ operations - This might slow things down a bit but needs to be fixed

Example

class A:
    def __hash__(self):
        return 1

    def __eq__(self, other):
        raise NotImplementedError("not implemeneted")

cache = cachebox.FIFOCache(0, {A(): 10})

# Before update:
cache[A()] # => KeyError

# After update:
cache[A()]
# Traceback (most recent call last):
# File "script.py", line 11, in <module>
#    cache[A()]
#    ~~~~~^^^^^
#  File "script.py", line 7, in __eq__
#   raise NotImplementedError("not implemeneted")
# NotImplementedError: not implemeneted

• Change and optimize my isize to u64 strategy in Rust - This can make things faster
• Update dependencies
• Update docs and changelog

[awolverp]

According to my benchmarks, this update makes all cache classes a bit slower, but it remains the fastest caching library in Python. The added features and resolved issues justify the trade-off ...

[AlePiccin]

@awolverp Great work! I'm a big fan of the library. I use it in many personal projects and at work. Recently I had to scale up one system at work to many processes, so I had to abandon the library as it doesn't have Redis support. I imagine it isn't the scope and main focus of this library, but do you plan adding support for a Redis backend? It would be awesome! Currently there's no cache library in python with Redis support that handle both sync and async fuctions.

[awolverp]

@awolverp Great work! I'm a big fan of the library. I use it in many personal projects and at work. Recently I had to scale up one system at work to many processes, so I had to abandon the library as it doesn't have Redis support. I imagine it isn't the scope and main focus of this library, but do you plan adding support for a Redis backend? It would be awesome! Currently there's no cache library in python with Redis support that handle both sync and async fuctions.

Thank you very much for your support ❤️. I will add support for Redis but it will take some time, I won't be able to add it soon.