On 06 Mar 2007, at 23:01, Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
When I first suggested that node objects should be cachable I wasn't able to get sufficient support for this and had to accept the static cache as a minor solution. However, now that there are so many very popular Drupal sites, I think that the forces that be might reconsider their position. ;)
I'm fairly convinced that memory-based caching, a la memcached, is the way forward rather than file-based caching. But as mentioned in my previous e-mail some rigorous experiments would help to proof this point. The challenge might be to create a good API that allow people to take advantage of memory-based caching without having to refactor every single module and without having to embed a ton of special cases all over the map. We want something clean, elegant and transparent that gives us a lot of bang. Either way, let's work on this. I'd be happy to help test, review and benchmark but can't take a lead in the development of such functionality. -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/