[development] Refresh rather than re-create D6 cache

larry at garfieldtech.com larry at garfieldtech.com
Mon Oct 18 20:29:05 UTC 2010


On 10/18/10 11:44 AM, Earl Miles wrote:
> On 10/18/2010 8:25 AM, Pierre Rineau wrote:
>> hook_flush_caches() function description is quite clear on api.d.o, it
>> specifies that this hook should just return cache table names.
>
> It is, but the current documentation does not match the name of the
> hook. My belief is that the evolution of this hook happened late in one
> of the cycles and it got changed to suit what was needed at that very
> moment, rather than being done properly.

hook_flush_caches() was added post-D6 freeze to make good on a promise 
Dries made at a DrupalCon somewhere.  I forget if it was in the alpha or 
beta stage.

--Larry Garfield


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