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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb
index f27bac3dca..bc114e0785 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb
@@ -158,20 +158,20 @@ module ActiveSupport
attr_reader :silence, :options
alias :silence? :silence
- # Create a new cache. The options will be passed to any write method calls
+ # Creates a new cache. The options will be passed to any write method calls
# except for <tt>:namespace</tt> which can be used to set the global
# namespace for the cache.
def initialize(options = nil)
@options = options ? options.dup : {}
end
- # Silence the logger.
+ # Silences the logger.
def silence!
@silence = true
self
end
- # Silence the logger within a block.
+ # Silences the logger within a block.
def mute
previous_silence, @silence = defined?(@silence) && @silence, true
yield
@@ -198,16 +198,17 @@ module ActiveSupport
# cache.fetch('city') # => "Duckburgh"
#
# You may also specify additional options via the +options+ argument.
- # Setting <tt>force: true</tt> will force a cache miss and return value of
- # the block will be written to the cache under the given cache key.
+ # Setting <tt>force: true</tt> forces a cache "miss," meaning we treat
+ # the cache value as missing even if it's present. Passing a block is
+ # required when `force` is true so this always results in a cache write.
#
# cache.write('today', 'Monday')
# cache.fetch('today', force: true) { 'Tuesday' } # => 'Tuesday'
+ # cache.fetch('today', force: true) # => ArgumentError
#
- # It will raise an argument error if no block is passed to #fetch with
- # option <tt>force: true</tt> is set.
- #
- # cache.fetch('today', force: true) # => ArgumentError: Missing block
+ # The `:force` option is useful when you're calling some other method to
+ # ask whether you should force a cache write. Otherwise, it's clearer to
+ # just call `Cache#write`.
#
# Setting <tt>:compress</tt> will store a large cache entry set by the call
# in a compressed format.
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
save_block_result_to_cache(name, options) { |_name| yield _name }
end
elsif options && options[:force]
- raise ArgumentError, 'Missing block'
+ raise ArgumentError, 'Missing block: Calling `Cache#fetch` with `force: true` requires a block.'
else
read(name, options)
end
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
end
end
- # Read multiple values at once from the cache. Options can be passed
+ # Reads multiple values at once from the cache. Options can be passed
# in the last argument.
#
# Some cache implementation may optimize this method.
@@ -421,7 +422,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
end
end
- # Delete all entries with keys matching the pattern.
+ # Deletes all entries with keys matching the pattern.
#
# Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.
#
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class.name} does not support delete_matched")
end
- # Increment an integer value in the cache.
+ # Increments an integer value in the cache.
#
# Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.
#
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class.name} does not support increment")
end
- # Decrement an integer value in the cache.
+ # Decrements an integer value in the cache.
#
# Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.
#
@@ -448,7 +449,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class.name} does not support decrement")
end
- # Cleanup the cache by removing expired entries.
+ # Cleanups the cache by removing expired entries.
#
# Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.
#
@@ -457,7 +458,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class.name} does not support cleanup")
end
- # Clear the entire cache. Be careful with this method since it could
+ # Clears the entire cache. Be careful with this method since it could
# affect other processes if shared cache is being used.
#
# The options hash is passed to the underlying cache implementation.
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
end
protected
- # Add the namespace defined in the options to a pattern designed to
+ # Adds the namespace defined in the options to a pattern designed to
# match keys. Implementations that support delete_matched should call
# this method to translate a pattern that matches names into one that
# matches namespaced keys.
@@ -487,26 +488,26 @@ module ActiveSupport
end
end
- # Read an entry from the cache implementation. Subclasses must implement
+ # Reads an entry from the cache implementation. Subclasses must implement
# this method.
def read_entry(key, options) # :nodoc:
raise NotImplementedError.new
end
- # Write an entry to the cache implementation. Subclasses must implement
+ # Writes an entry to the cache implementation. Subclasses must implement
# this method.
def write_entry(key, entry, options) # :nodoc:
raise NotImplementedError.new
end
- # Delete an entry from the cache implementation. Subclasses must
+ # Deletes an entry from the cache implementation. Subclasses must
# implement this method.
def delete_entry(key, options) # :nodoc:
raise NotImplementedError.new
end
private
- # Merge the default options with ones specific to a method call.
+ # Merges the default options with ones specific to a method call.
def merged_options(call_options) # :nodoc:
if call_options
options.merge(call_options)
@@ -515,7 +516,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
end
end
- # Expand key to be a consistent string value. Invoke +cache_key+ if
+ # Expands key to be a consistent string value. Invokes +cache_key+ if
# object responds to +cache_key+. Otherwise, +to_param+ method will be
# called. If the key is a Hash, then keys will be sorted alphabetically.
def expanded_key(key) # :nodoc:
@@ -535,7 +536,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
key.to_param
end
- # Prefix a key with the namespace. Namespace and key will be delimited
+ # Prefixes a key with the namespace. Namespace and key will be delimited
# with a colon.
def normalize_key(key, options)
key = expanded_key(key)
@@ -606,7 +607,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
class Entry # :nodoc:
DEFAULT_COMPRESS_LIMIT = 16.kilobytes
- # Create a new cache entry for the specified value. Options supported are
+ # Creates a new cache entry for the specified value. Options supported are
# +:compress+, +:compress_threshold+, and +:expires_in+.
def initialize(value, options = {})
if should_compress?(value, options)
@@ -625,7 +626,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
compressed? ? uncompress(@value) : @value
end
- # Check if the entry is expired. The +expires_in+ parameter can override
+ # Checks if the entry is expired. The +expires_in+ parameter can override
# the value set when the entry was created.
def expired?
@expires_in && @created_at + @expires_in <= Time.now.to_f
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
end
end
- # Duplicate the value in a class. This is used by cache implementations that don't natively
+ # Duplicates the value in a class. This is used by cache implementations that don't natively
# serialize entries to protect against accidental cache modifications.
def dup_value!
if @value && !compressed? && !(@value.is_a?(Numeric) || @value == true || @value == false)