// Package memo provides a concurrency-unsafe
// memoization of a function of type Func.
package memo
// A Memo caches the results of calling a Func.
type Memo struct {
f Func
cache map[string]result
}
// Func is the type of the function to memoize.
type Func func(key string) (interface{}, error)
type result struct {
value interface{}
err error
}
func New(f Func) *Memo {
return &Memo{f: f, cache: make(map[string]result)}
}
// NOTE: not concurrency-safe!
func (memo *Memo) Get(key string) (interface{}, error) {
res, ok := memo.cache[key]
if !ok {
res.value, res.err = memo.f(key)
memo.cache[key] = res
}
return res.value, res.err
}
func (memo *Memo) Get(key string) (value interface{}, err error) {
memo.mu.Lock()
res, ok := memo.cache[key]
memo.mu.Unlock()
if !ok {
res.value, res.err = memo.f(key)
// Between the two critical sections, several goroutines
// may race to compute f(key) and update the map.
memo.mu.Lock()
memo.cache[key] = res
memo.mu.Unlock()
}
return res.value, res.err
}
type entry struct {
res result
ready chan struct{} // closed when res is ready
}
func New(f Func) *Memo {
return &Memo{f: f, cache: make(map[string]*entry)}
}
type Memo struct {
f Func
mu sync.Mutex // guards cache
cache map[string]*entry
}
func (memo *Memo) Get(key string) (value interface{}, err error) {
memo.mu.Lock()
e := memo.cache[key]
if e == nil {
// This is the first request for this key.
// This goroutine becomes responsible for computing
// the value and broadcasting the ready condition.
e = &entry{ready: make(chan struct{})}
memo.cache[key] = e
memo.mu.Unlock()
e.res.value, e.res.err = memo.f(key)
close(e.ready) // broadcast ready condition
} else {
// This is a repeat request for this key.
memo.mu.Unlock()
<-e.ready // wait for ready condition
}
return e.res.value, e.res.err
}
// Func is the type of the function to memoize.
type Func func(key string) (interface{}, error)
// A result is the result of calling a Func.
type result struct {
value interface{}
err error
}
type entry struct {
res result
ready chan struct{} // closed when res is ready
}
// A request is a message requesting that the Func be applied to key.
type request struct {
key string
response chan<- result // the client wants a single result
}
type Memo struct{ requests chan request }
// New returns a memoization of f. Clients must subsequently call Close.
func New(f Func) *Memo {
memo := &Memo{requests: make(chan request)}
go memo.server(f)
return memo
}
func (memo *Memo) Get(key string) (interface{}, error) {
response := make(chan result)
memo.requests <- request{key, response}
res := <-response
return res.value, res.err
}
func (memo *Memo) Close() { close(memo.requests) }
func (memo *Memo) server(f Func) {
cache := make(map[string]*entry)
for req := range memo.requests {
e := cache[req.key]
if e == nil {
// This is the first request for this key.
e = &entry{ready: make(chan struct{})}
cache[req.key] = e
go e.call(f, req.key) // call f(key)
}
go e.deliver(req.response)
}
}
func (e *entry) call(f Func, key string) {
// Evaluate the function.
e.res.value, e.res.err = f(key)
// Broadcast the ready condition.
close(e.ready)
}
func (e *entry) deliver(response chan<- result) {
// Wait for the ready condition.
<-e.ready
// Send the result to the client.
response <- e.res
}