From dd1ed0ba63f345ac734aaab8a27d14407380779d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Mylund Nielsen Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 12:30:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: Remove one level of indentation and increase 'recommended' cleanupInterval --- README.md | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 168ff7b..372c9b7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -20,86 +20,85 @@ one) to recover from downtime quickly. (See the docs for `NewFrom()` for caveats ### Usage ```go - import ( - "fmt" - "github.com/patrickmn/go-cache" - "time" - ) - - func main() { - - // Create a cache with a default expiration time of 5 minutes, and which - // purges expired items every 30 seconds - c := cache.New(5*time.Minute, 30*time.Second) - - // Set the value of the key "foo" to "bar", with the default expiration time - c.Set("foo", "bar", cache.DefaultExpiration) - - // Set the value of the key "baz" to 42, with no expiration time - // (the item won't be removed until it is re-set, or removed using - // c.Delete("baz") - c.Set("baz", 42, cache.NoExpiration) - - // Get the string associated with the key "foo" from the cache - foo, found := c.Get("foo") - if found { - fmt.Println(foo) - } - - // Since Go is statically typed, and cache values can be anything, type - // assertion is needed when values are being passed to functions that don't - // take arbitrary types, (i.e. interface{}). The simplest way to do this for - // values which will only be used once--e.g. for passing to another - // function--is: - foo, found := c.Get("foo") - if found { - MyFunction(foo.(string)) - } - - // This gets tedious if the value is used several times in the same function. - // You might do either of the following instead: - if x, found := c.Get("foo"); found { - foo := x.(string) - // ... - } - // or - var foo string - if x, found := c.Get("foo"); found { - foo = x.(string) - } - // ... - // foo can then be passed around freely as a string +import ( + "fmt" + "github.com/patrickmn/go-cache" + "time" +) + +func main() { + // Create a cache with a default expiration time of 5 minutes, and which + // purges expired items every 10 minutes + c := cache.New(5*time.Minute, 10*time.Minute) + + // Set the value of the key "foo" to "bar", with the default expiration time + c.Set("foo", "bar", cache.DefaultExpiration) + + // Set the value of the key "baz" to 42, with no expiration time + // (the item won't be removed until it is re-set, or removed using + // c.Delete("baz") + c.Set("baz", 42, cache.NoExpiration) + + // Get the string associated with the key "foo" from the cache + foo, found := c.Get("foo") + if found { + fmt.Println(foo) + } - // Want performance? Store pointers! - c.Set("foo", &MyStruct, cache.DefaultExpiration) - if x, found := c.Get("foo"); found { - foo := x.(*MyStruct) - // ... - } - - // If you store a reference type like a pointer, slice, map or channel, you - // do not need to run Set if you modify the underlying data. The cached - // reference points to the same memory, so if you modify a struct whose - // pointer you've stored in the cache, retrieving that pointer with Get will - // point you to the same data: - foo := &MyStruct{Num: 1} - c.Set("foo", foo, cache.DefaultExpiration) - // ... - x, _ := c.Get("foo") - foo := x.(*MyStruct) - fmt.Println(foo.Num) - // ... - foo.Num++ - // ... - x, _ := c.Get("foo") - foo := x.(*MyStruct) - foo.Println(foo.Num) + // Since Go is statically typed, and cache values can be anything, type + // assertion is needed when values are being passed to functions that don't + // take arbitrary types, (i.e. interface{}). The simplest way to do this for + // values which will only be used once--e.g. for passing to another + // function--is: + foo, found := c.Get("foo") + if found { + MyFunction(foo.(string)) + } - // will print: - // 1 - // 2 + // This gets tedious if the value is used several times in the same function. + // You might do either of the following instead: + if x, found := c.Get("foo"); found { + foo := x.(string) + // ... + } + // or + var foo string + if x, found := c.Get("foo"); found { + foo = x.(string) + } + // ... + // foo can then be passed around freely as a string + // Want performance? Store pointers! + c.Set("foo", &MyStruct, cache.DefaultExpiration) + if x, found := c.Get("foo"); found { + foo := x.(*MyStruct) + // ... } + + // If you store a reference type like a pointer, slice, map or channel, you + // do not need to run Set if you modify the underlying data. The cached + // reference points to the same memory, so if you modify a struct whose + // pointer you've stored in the cache, retrieving that pointer with Get will + // point you to the same data: + foo := &MyStruct{Num: 1} + c.Set("foo", foo, cache.DefaultExpiration) + // ... + x, _ := c.Get("foo") + foo := x.(*MyStruct) + fmt.Println(foo.Num) + // ... + foo.Num++ + // ... + x, _ := c.Get("foo") + foo := x.(*MyStruct) + foo.Println(foo.Num) + + // will print: + // 1 + // 2 + +} ``` ### Reference