A Dict type with expiring values and a @cacheable macro to cache function results in an expiring cache
The package is registered in the General registry and so can be installed at the REPL with ] add ExpiringCaches.
ExpiringCaches.Cache{K, V}(timeout::Dates.Period; purge_on_timeout::Bool=false)
Create a thread-safe, expiring cache where values older than timeout
are "invalid" and will be deleted.
An ExpiringCaches.Cache is an AbstractDict and tries to emulate a regular
Dict in all respects. It is most useful when the cost of retrieving or
calculating a value is expensive and is able to be "cached" for a certain
amount of time. To avoid using the cache (i.e. to invalidate the cache),
a Cache supports the delete! and empty! methods to remove values
manually.
@cacheable timeout function_definition::ReturnType
For a function definition (function_definition, either short-form
or full), create an ExpiringCaches.Cache and store results for timeout
(hashed by the exact input arguments obviously).
Note that the function definition MUST include the ReturnType declartion
as this is used as the value (V) type in the Cache.