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authorMatt Jankowski <mjankowski@thoughtbot.com>2011-07-01 10:18:23 -0400
committerMatt Jankowski <mjankowski@thoughtbot.com>2011-07-01 10:18:23 -0400
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general grammar cleanup of cache docs
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-rw-r--r--activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb50
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb
index 10c457bb1d..2eeace963e 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb
@@ -116,31 +116,32 @@ module ActiveSupport
# cache.read("city") # => "Duckburgh"
#
# Keys are always translated into Strings and are case sensitive. When an
- # object is specified as a key, its +cache_key+ method will be called if it
- # is defined. Otherwise, the +to_param+ method will be called. Hashes and
- # Arrays can be used as keys. The elements will be delimited by slashes
- # and Hashes elements will be sorted by key so they are consistent.
+ # object is specified as a key and has a +cache_key+ method defined, this
+ # method will will be called to define the key. Otherwise, the +to_param+
+ # method will be called. Hashes and Arrays can also be used as keys. The
+ # elements will be delimited by slashes, and the elements within a Hash
+ # will be sorted by key so they are consistent.
#
# cache.read("city") == cache.read(:city) # => true
#
# Nil values can be cached.
#
- # If your cache is on a shared infrastructure, you can define a namespace for
- # your cache entries. If a namespace is defined, it will be prefixed on to every
- # key. The namespace can be either a static value or a Proc. If it is a Proc, it
- # will be invoked when each key is evaluated so that you can use application logic
- # to invalidate keys.
+ # If your cache is on a shared infrastructure, you can define a namespace
+ # for your cache entries. If a namespace is defined, it will be prefixed on
+ # to every key. The namespace can be either a static value or a Proc. If it
+ # is a Proc, it will be invoked when each key is evaluated so that you can
+ # use application logic to invalidate keys.
#
# cache.namespace = lambda { @last_mod_time } # Set the namespace to a variable
# @last_mod_time = Time.now # Invalidate the entire cache by changing namespace
#
#
- # Caches can also store values in a compressed format to save space and reduce
- # time spent sending data. Since there is some overhead, values must be large
- # enough to warrant compression. To turn on compression either pass
- # <tt>:compress => true</tt> in the initializer or to +fetch+ or +write+.
- # To specify the threshold at which to compress values, set
- # <tt>:compress_threshold</tt>. The default threshold is 32K.
+ # Caches can also store values in a compressed format to save space and
+ # reduce time spent sending data. Since there is overhead, values must be
+ # large enough to warrant compression. To turn on compression either pass
+ # <tt>:compress => true</tt> in the initializer or as an option to +fetch+
+ # or +write+. To specify the threshold at which to compress values, set the
+ # <tt>:compress_threshold</tt> option. The default threshold is 32K.
class Store
cattr_accessor :logger, :instance_writer => true
@@ -180,11 +181,11 @@ module ActiveSupport
# Fetches data from the cache, using the given key. If there is data in
# the cache with the given key, then that data is returned.
#
- # If there is no such data in the cache (a cache miss occurred),
- # then nil will be returned. However, if a block has been passed, then
- # that block will be run in the event of a cache miss. The return value
- # of the block will be written to the cache under the given cache key,
- # and that return value will be returned.
+ # If there is no such data in the cache (a cache miss), then nil will be
+ # returned. However, if a block has been passed, that block will be run
+ # in the event of a cache miss. The return value of the block will be
+ # written to the cache under the given cache key, and that return value
+ # will be returned.
#
# cache.write("today", "Monday")
# cache.fetch("today") # => "Monday"
@@ -205,10 +206,11 @@ module ActiveSupport
# in a compressed format.
#
#
- # Setting <tt>:expires_in</tt> will set an expiration time on the cache. All caches
- # support auto expiring content after a specified number of seconds. This value can
- # be specified as an option to the construction in which call all entries will be
- # affected. Or it can be supplied to the +fetch+ or +write+ method for just one entry.
+ # Setting <tt>:expires_in</tt> will set an expiration time on the cache.
+ # All caches support auto-expiring content after a specified number of
+ # seconds. This value can be specified as an option to the constructor
+ # (in which case all entries will be affected), or it can be supplied to
+ # the +fetch+ or +write+ method to effect just one entry.
#
# cache = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore.new(:expires_in => 5.minutes)
# cache.write(key, value, :expires_in => 1.minute) # Set a lower value for one entry