5 # Caching for fields, curves, groups, ...
7 # (c) 2004 Straylight/Edgeware
10 #----- Licensing notice -----------------------------------------------------
12 # This file is part of the Perl interface to Catacomb.
14 # Catacomb/Perl is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
15 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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19 # Catacomb/Perl is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
20 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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28 package Catacomb::Cache::Ref;
33 return bless [$c], $me;
39 if ($c->[0] > 1) { $c->[0]--; return; }
40 delete $c->[1]{$c->[2]};
43 package Catacomb::Cache;
49 if (ref($x) eq ARRAY) {
50 return "[" . join("/", map(stringify($_), @$x)) . "]";
56 sub new { my ($me) = @_; return bless { }, $me; }
60 my $k = stringify($x->get());
62 if (exists($c->{$k})) {
65 $e = $c->{$k} = [0, $c, $k, $x];
67 return $e->[3], Catacomb::Cache::Ref->new($e);
70 #----- That's all, folks ----------------------------------------------------