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# lru-cache
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A cache object that deletes the least-recently-used items.
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Specify a max number of the most recently used items that you
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want to keep, and this cache will keep that many of the most
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recently accessed items.
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This is not primarily a TTL cache, and does not make strong TTL
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guarantees. There is no preemptive pruning of expired items by
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default, but you _may_ set a TTL on the cache or on a single
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`set`. If you do so, it will treat expired items as missing, and
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delete them when fetched. If you are more interested in TTL
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caching than LRU caching, check out
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[@isaacs/ttlcache](http://npm.im/@isaacs/ttlcache).
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As of version 7, this is one of the most performant LRU
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implementations available in JavaScript, and supports a wide
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diversity of use cases. However, note that using some of the
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features will necessarily impact performance, by causing the
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cache to have to do more work. See the "Performance" section
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below.
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## Installation
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```bash
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npm install lru-cache --save
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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// hybrid module, either works
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import { LRUCache } from 'lru-cache'
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// or:
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const { LRUCache } = require('lru-cache')
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// or in minified form for web browsers:
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import { LRUCache } from 'http://unpkg.com/lru-cache@9/dist/mjs/index.min.mjs'
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// At least one of 'max', 'ttl', or 'maxSize' is required, to prevent
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// unsafe unbounded storage.
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//
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// In most cases, it's best to specify a max for performance, so all
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// the required memory allocation is done up-front.
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//
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// All the other options are optional, see the sections below for
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// documentation on what each one does. Most of them can be
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// overridden for specific items in get()/set()
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const options = {
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max: 500,
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// for use with tracking overall storage size
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maxSize: 5000,
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sizeCalculation: (value, key) => {
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return 1
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},
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// for use when you need to clean up something when objects
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// are evicted from the cache
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dispose: (value, key) => {
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freeFromMemoryOrWhatever(value)
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},
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// how long to live in ms
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ttl: 1000 * 60 * 5,
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// return stale items before removing from cache?
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allowStale: false,
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updateAgeOnGet: false,
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updateAgeOnHas: false,
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// async method to use for cache.fetch(), for
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// stale-while-revalidate type of behavior
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fetchMethod: async (
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key,
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staleValue,
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{ options, signal, context }
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) => {},
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}
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const cache = new LRUCache(options)
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cache.set('key', 'value')
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cache.get('key') // "value"
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// non-string keys ARE fully supported
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// but note that it must be THE SAME object, not
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// just a JSON-equivalent object.
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var someObject = { a: 1 }
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cache.set(someObject, 'a value')
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// Object keys are not toString()-ed
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cache.set('[object Object]', 'a different value')
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assert.equal(cache.get(someObject), 'a value')
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// A similar object with same keys/values won't work,
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// because it's a different object identity
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assert.equal(cache.get({ a: 1 }), undefined)
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cache.clear() // empty the cache
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```
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If you put more stuff in the cache, then less recently used items
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will fall out. That's what an LRU cache is.
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For full description of the API and all options, please see [the
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LRUCache typedocs](https://isaacs.github.io/node-lru-cache/)
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## Storage Bounds Safety
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This implementation aims to be as flexible as possible, within
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the limits of safe memory consumption and optimal performance.
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At initial object creation, storage is allocated for `max` items.
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If `max` is set to zero, then some performance is lost, and item
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count is unbounded. Either `maxSize` or `ttl` _must_ be set if
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`max` is not specified.
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If `maxSize` is set, then this creates a safe limit on the
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maximum storage consumed, but without the performance benefits of
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pre-allocation. When `maxSize` is set, every item _must_ provide
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a size, either via the `sizeCalculation` method provided to the
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constructor, or via a `size` or `sizeCalculation` option provided
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to `cache.set()`. The size of every item _must_ be a positive
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integer.
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If neither `max` nor `maxSize` are set, then `ttl` tracking must
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be enabled. Note that, even when tracking item `ttl`, items are
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_not_ preemptively deleted when they become stale, unless
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`ttlAutopurge` is enabled. Instead, they are only purged the
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next time the key is requested. Thus, if `ttlAutopurge`, `max`,
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and `maxSize` are all not set, then the cache will potentially
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grow unbounded.
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In this case, a warning is printed to standard error. Future
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versions may require the use of `ttlAutopurge` if `max` and
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`maxSize` are not specified.
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If you truly wish to use a cache that is bound _only_ by TTL
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expiration, consider using a `Map` object, and calling
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`setTimeout` to delete entries when they expire. It will perform
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much better than an LRU cache.
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Here is an implementation you may use, under the same
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[license](./LICENSE) as this package:
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```js
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// a storage-unbounded ttl cache that is not an lru-cache
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const cache = {
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data: new Map(),
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timers: new Map(),
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set: (k, v, ttl) => {
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if (cache.timers.has(k)) {
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clearTimeout(cache.timers.get(k))
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}
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cache.timers.set(
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k,
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setTimeout(() => cache.delete(k), ttl)
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)
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cache.data.set(k, v)
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},
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get: k => cache.data.get(k),
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has: k => cache.data.has(k),
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delete: k => {
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if (cache.timers.has(k)) {
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clearTimeout(cache.timers.get(k))
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}
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cache.timers.delete(k)
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return cache.data.delete(k)
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},
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clear: () => {
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cache.data.clear()
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for (const v of cache.timers.values()) {
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clearTimeout(v)
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}
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cache.timers.clear()
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},
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}
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```
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If that isn't to your liking, check out
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[@isaacs/ttlcache](http://npm.im/@isaacs/ttlcache).
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## Storing Undefined Values
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This cache never stores undefined values, as `undefined` is used
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internally in a few places to indicate that a key is not in the
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cache.
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You may call `cache.set(key, undefined)`, but this is just
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an alias for `cache.delete(key)`. Note that this has the effect
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that `cache.has(key)` will return _false_ after setting it to
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undefined.
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```js
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cache.set(myKey, undefined)
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cache.has(myKey) // false!
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```
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If you need to track `undefined` values, and still note that the
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key is in the cache, an easy workaround is to use a sigil object
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of your own.
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```js
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import { LRUCache } from 'lru-cache'
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const undefinedValue = Symbol('undefined')
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const cache = new LRUCache(...)
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const mySet = (key, value) =>
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cache.set(key, value === undefined ? undefinedValue : value)
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const myGet = (key, value) => {
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const v = cache.get(key)
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return v === undefinedValue ? undefined : v
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}
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```
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## Performance
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As of January 2022, version 7 of this library is one of the most
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performant LRU cache implementations in JavaScript.
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Benchmarks can be extremely difficult to get right. In
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particular, the performance of set/get/delete operations on
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objects will vary _wildly_ depending on the type of key used. V8
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is highly optimized for objects with keys that are short strings,
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especially integer numeric strings. Thus any benchmark which
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tests _solely_ using numbers as keys will tend to find that an
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object-based approach performs the best.
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Note that coercing _anything_ to strings to use as object keys is
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unsafe, unless you can be 100% certain that no other type of
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value will be used. For example:
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```js
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const myCache = {}
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const set = (k, v) => (myCache[k] = v)
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const get = k => myCache[k]
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set({}, 'please hang onto this for me')
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set('[object Object]', 'oopsie')
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```
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Also beware of "Just So" stories regarding performance. Garbage
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collection of large (especially: deep) object graphs can be
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incredibly costly, with several "tipping points" where it
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increases exponentially. As a result, putting that off until
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later can make it much worse, and less predictable. If a library
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performs well, but only in a scenario where the object graph is
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kept shallow, then that won't help you if you are using large
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objects as keys.
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In general, when attempting to use a library to improve
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performance (such as a cache like this one), it's best to choose
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an option that will perform well in the sorts of scenarios where
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you'll actually use it.
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This library is optimized for repeated gets and minimizing
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eviction time, since that is the expected need of a LRU. Set
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operations are somewhat slower on average than a few other
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options, in part because of that optimization. It is assumed
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that you'll be caching some costly operation, ideally as rarely
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as possible, so optimizing set over get would be unwise.
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If performance matters to you:
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1. If it's at all possible to use small integer values as keys,
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and you can guarantee that no other types of values will be
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used as keys, then do that, and use a cache such as
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[lru-fast](https://npmjs.com/package/lru-fast), or
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[mnemonist's
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LRUCache](https://yomguithereal.github.io/mnemonist/lru-cache)
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which uses an Object as its data store.
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2. Failing that, if at all possible, use short non-numeric
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strings (ie, less than 256 characters) as your keys, and use
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[mnemonist's
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LRUCache](https://yomguithereal.github.io/mnemonist/lru-cache).
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3. If the types of your keys will be anything else, especially
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long strings, strings that look like floats, objects, or some
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mix of types, or if you aren't sure, then this library will
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work well for you.
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If you do not need the features that this library provides
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(like asynchronous fetching, a variety of TTL staleness
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options, and so on), then [mnemonist's
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LRUMap](https://yomguithereal.github.io/mnemonist/lru-map) is
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a very good option, and just slightly faster than this module
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(since it does considerably less).
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4. Do not use a `dispose` function, size tracking, or especially
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ttl behavior, unless absolutely needed. These features are
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convenient, and necessary in some use cases, and every attempt
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has been made to make the performance impact minimal, but it
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isn't nothing.
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## Breaking Changes in Version 7
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This library changed to a different algorithm and internal data
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structure in version 7, yielding significantly better
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performance, albeit with some subtle changes as a result.
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If you were relying on the internals of LRUCache in version 6 or
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before, it probably will not work in version 7 and above.
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## Breaking Changes in Version 8
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- The `fetchContext` option was renamed to `context`, and may no
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longer be set on the cache instance itself.
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- Rewritten in TypeScript, so pretty much all the types moved
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around a lot.
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- The AbortController/AbortSignal polyfill was removed. For this
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reason, **Node version 16.14.0 or higher is now required**.
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- Internal properties were moved to actual private class
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properties.
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- Keys and values must not be `null` or `undefined`.
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- Minified export available at `'lru-cache/min'`, for both CJS
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and MJS builds.
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## Breaking Changes in Version 9
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- Named export only, no default export.
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- AbortController polyfill returned, albeit with a warning when
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used.
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## Breaking Changes in Version 10
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- `cache.fetch()` return type is now `Promise<V | undefined>`
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instead of `Promise<V | void>`. This is an irrelevant change
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practically speaking, but can require changes for TypeScript
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users.
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For more info, see the [change log](CHANGELOG.md).
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